Friuli Venezia Giulia's consolidated financial statements: profit of €1.5 billion. Commission I approves.

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WATCH THE VIDEO REPORT. It is the most comprehensive consolidated financial statement in Italy, encompassing 36 entities owned by the Region. It also reports a significant profit for 2024, amounting to €1.5 billion, compared to €1.177 billion in 2023, corresponding to an increase of 27.46%.

These are the most significant data that emerged today in the First Integrated Commission during the examination of the accounting document, presented to the councilors by the Finance Councilor, Barbara Zilli.

Under the presidency of Markus Maurmair (Brothers of Italy), the First Party commissioners approved by a majority vote, with the opposition groups abstaining, a budget that, as the member of the Regional Council explained, "also includes entities that have direct contracts with the regional parent group, and are included in the consolidation scope regardless of their percentage of financial impact." Among the new members of the Regional Public Administration Group are the Compa Fvg training school, the Palazzo del Cinema association, the Mosaic School Consortium, and the Giovanni da Udine New Theatre Foundation.

Two councilors asked for clarification and expressed their thoughts on the document. Furio Honsell (Open Sinistra Fvg), while emphasizing that "we are all pleased that there is no imbalance," wondered "how to interpret these profit figures, which are too positive? Last year it was 1.1 billion, now 1.5 billion..." before asking how the EDRs, currently included in the scope of the accounting document, will be replaced by the Provinces.

Andrea Carli (Democratic Party) returned to the record number of participating companies, "which I see as positive," and then asked "to institutionalize the analysis of the performance of these companies, perhaps scheduling it for spring, immediately after the approval of the financial statements. This would allow the directors

to delve into very important issues." Speech referring to the hearings of Fvg Plus, Friulia and Friuli Innovazione, which presented their economic data to the commission.

President Maurmair responded to Carli, convinced that "such detailed hearings should be scheduled at the beginning or end of the legislature, because we cannot start acting as administrators of the participating companies..." he said.

For the majority councilors, the budget testifies to the solidity of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, while the opposition has underlined that a rich surplus is not at all synonymous with virtuousness.