The hall of Palazzo Madama approved the 2020 Report and the 2021 Internal Budget of the Senate. From 2013 to 2021, the upper house saved € 322.5 million. Over the past eight years, Palazzo Madama has asked the State for 194.4 million euros less than endowments and has achieved other savings of 128.1 million.
Decreasing trend
In 14 years, the ratio of actual Senate spending to state spending has gone from
0.083 to 0.045%. The percentage of spending on senators’ allowances relative to the
The budget of the Senate almost halved, from 2001 to 2021, from 19% to 10%. Expenses for senators’ allowances and ancillary fees fell by 77 million euros compared to the trend trend. Finally, between 2012 and 2021, staff spending fell by 22.45 percent.
De Poli: “The Senate pays the bills within 30 days”
“Palazzo Madama is also a good example of administration. In fact, the Senate pays the bills within 30 days “remarked the commissioner of the Senate Antonio De Poli, who stressed the importance of investing to make organizational processes more efficient and effective:” The Senate has long been equipped with virtualization and has become a model for all parliaments in Europe thanks to Cloud technology. Thanks to investments in IT infrastructures, the Senate has saved a total of 15 million euros from 2016 to today ». “In the context of the Covid health emergency, we intervened to ensure legislative continuity, on the one hand, and the health safety of people, on the other. We have adapted to the regulatory provisions envisaged for the community. We respected the established rules as did all the Italians “, added De Poli who underlined the importance of investments in environmental policies and in contrasting architectural barriers:” For a greener, more modern and inclusive Senate “.