Italy delays 2027 budget bill approval as government seeks fiscal flexibility

Italian MP Andrea Quartini submitted a parliamentary question asking the government to explain the 2026 funding announced for addiction services, including spending linked to problem gambling. The question seeks a breakdown of the more than €210 million announced for 2026, including €50 million connected to gambling and €28.2 million a year for addiction-service staff recruitment.

Andrea Quartini, a deputy of the Five Star Movement, has tabled a parliamentary question at the Chamber of Deputies. The question is directed to the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Health, seeking clarification on the resources allocated to combating addictions in 2026, with particular reference to pathological gambling, and on their actual use.