The reform should heighten the importance of medium-term considerations in the drafting of fiscal policy. As far as concerns timing, the bill (as approved by the Senate) provides that the Government must submit the Decision on the pubic finances to Parliament by 20 September of each year.
By 15 October the Minister for the Economy and Finance must present a bill before Parliament, called the Stability Bill, which replaces the Finance Bill and the Budget Law. The deadline for the introduction in Parliament of the measures linked to the Stability Bill remains 15 November.