Giorgia Meloni chaired a majority meeting at Palazzo Chigi to finalize the budget plan, with key decisions including the Senate declaring 105 amendments inadmissible and the acceptance of an amendment led by Lucio Malan confirming State ownership of approximately 2,400 tons of gold reserves at Bank of Italy.The Senate's Budget Committee rejected 87 amendments for lack of financial coverage and 18 for subject reasons, while building amnesties proposed by Brothers of Italy mostly passed except one requiring municipalities to issue building permits by March 31, 2026.Proposed gold investment taxation by Lega and Forza Italia is advancing alongside discussions on short-term rentals, hyper-depreciation, dividend taxation, and gold-investment capital measures, while proposals like the use of the ESM for tax cuts and certain public administration salary exclusions were rejected.