Building amnesty in Campania: what we know about the FdI amendment to the budget law

Brothers of Italy (FdI) is working on an amendment to the budget law to reopen the deadlines of the 2003 building amnesty in Campania. Sources in the centre-right and in the party confirm this, but it is still only a possibility: the text has not been made public and has not been filed.¹²³ The news was first reported by Repubblica.it. ANSA then checked it with well-placed centre-right sources, and Il Fatto Quotidiano with party sources.²³

What does the FdI proposal on the 2003 amnesty provide for?

The 2003 amnesty was the regularisation scheme launched by the Berlusconi government for building irregularities. Campania did not join it, at the time under the administration led by Antonio Bassolino. The centre-right sources cited by ANSA point to precisely the Region’s exclusion, desired by the governor of the time, as the point to be corrected.²³ According to the same sources, the reopening would cover only violations committed before 2003: later ones would not be included. It would be designed for Campania, where there are 50 thousand demolition orders. The figure is attributed to the person who explained the plan, who says the need comes from the local area and is to reopen the deadlines.¹³ If the measure were approved, the decision would pass to the Region. The administration led by Roberto Fico would have 60 days to opt in or not.¹³

What is confirmed and what is not?

It is confirmed that FdI is studying the reopening of the deadlines for Campania. It is also confirmed that the issue has already had a parliamentary step: according to Il Fatto Quotidiano, last year the Senate approved a motion (ordine del giorno) to that effect. An ordine del giorno is a policy-direction act that commits the government but does not change the law.³ The final content is not confirmed. The business newspaper that published the news reports that, from what is understood, the party aims to put forward again a package of amendments that mirror those withdrawn from last year’s budget. It adds that they had then been declared inadmissible in the Milleproroghe decree at the end of 2025.¹ Il Fatto Quotidiano reconstructs a somewhat different course of events. The reopening originates in a bill by the Campania FdI deputy Imma Vietri. Last year the text was turned into an amendment to the budget in the Senate and then into a motion, which was approved. The intention would be to put forward the same text again.³ Among the options under consideration, again according to the same business-press account, are also extending the reopening to other regions and an amnesty for ancillary and accessory works and for renovations carried out without a building permit or in breach of one. These are ideas that emerged at a party meeting on the budget and are not reported as decided. The other sources speak only of Campania.¹²³

What political positions have been stated?

On the FdI side, ANSA recalls that Edmondo Cirielli, then the party’s candidate to lead the Region, had committed to the issue during the election campaign.²³ Il Fatto Quotidiano reports that Repubblica reads the move as a challenge to Matteo Salvini, who is associated with the Salva-casa decree and the new consolidated building code. This is a journalistic interpretation, not a position stated by Salvini.³ The following day La Stampa reports tensions within the majority over the budget law. According to the newspaper, Salvini is asking for changes and objects to the cuts to schools, which in his view had not been agreed. The paper also notes that FdI is pushing again on the building amnesty. In the available texts there is no position from Salvini on the amnesty.⁴ The opposition reacted immediately. Angelo Bonelli, an Avs (Greens and Left Alliance) member of parliament and co-spokesperson of Europa Verde, calls the proposal a wrong against those who followed the rules and bore the costs of technicians, charges and permits. He also accuses Giorgia Meloni of fearing electoral defeat and for that reason courting illegality.¹³ Bonelli further argues that taxpayers would end up funding the infrastructure works, such as roads, sewers, lighting and services, for the benefit of those who built without a permit. He adds that a new amnesty would encourage more illegal building. These are political judgments by the Avs representative, not data verified by the sources.³

What happens now?

For now the text of the amendment and an indication of when it will be filed are missing. It remains to be seen whether it will be admitted: the experience of the Milleproroghe, where similar proposals were declared inadmissible, is the precedent the sources cite. It also remains to be seen whether it will reach a vote and whether the Region would decide to opt in within the 60 days provided.¹³

This article was written by artificial intelligence from the sources cited, without human review. Automatic newsroom by Redazia.

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Footnotes

1. Manovra, FdI al lavoro su emendamento per riaprire il condono edilizio in Campania, Il Sole 24 ORE, 2026-11-03 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Ipotesi emendamento FdI in manovra per riaprire il condono edilizio per la Campania, ANSA · Economia, 2026-11-03 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

3. Fratelli d’Italia vuole rilanciare il condono edilizio: verso emendamento alla manovra. Avs: “Strizza l’occhio all’illegalità”, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 2026-11-03 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

4. È già tutti contro tutti sulla manovra. Salvini: “Va cambiata”, La Stampa, 2026-11-04 ↩