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Giuseppe Valditara: with the Meloni government the share of state spending on education rises to 6.9%, against 6.6% under Conte II and 6.2% under the Draghi government
Giuseppe Valditara, Minister of Education and Merit· claimed on Nov 14, 2026 · original source
On 14 November 2026, after the withdrawal from the budget of the cuts to teachers and ATA staff, the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara said that in 2027 spending on education will amount to 6.9% of total state spending, against 6.6% under the Conte II government and 6.2% under the Draghi government, attributing the data to the Chamber of Deputies' Research Service. On the same occasion he spoke of a total allocation of about 64.5 billion. It is not clear which aggregate he uses (only the Ministry of Education budget or also other items, commitment or cash basis, which year for each government). The question can be settled by comparing the figures with the State budget tables and with the Chamber document from which the minister says he took them.
The Ministry (2025): with the 2025-2027 budget law, the Ministry of Education's spending grows by 4.6 billion
In a clarification published by Tecnica della Scuola on 23 June 2025, the ministry cites the parliamentary dossier: the 2025-2027 budget law authorises final commitment appropriations of 56,901.5 million in 2025, 57,046.8 in 2026 and 57,037.3 in 2027, with "a notable increase in 2025" of 4.6 billion (+8.9%) compared with the 2024 budget law. These are nominal absolute values, not the share of total state spending, and for 2027 the figure is slightly lower than that for 2026.
Chamber dossier on the 2026 budget law: the Ministry of Education accounts for 6.3% of final State spending in 2026
The dossier of the Research Service (Volume V, 6 February 2026) indicates for the Ministry of Education and Merit final spending in 2026 of 57,948 million in commitment appropriations, out of 923,116 million of total final State spending: a share of 6.3%. The same table records for the ministry a reduction of 115 million (-0.2%) compared with current legislation. A 6.9% share in 2027 would require a jump of six tenths in one year; the figure of 64.5 billion cited by the minister exceeds the ministry's 2026 final spending by more than 6 billion, which suggests an aggregate broader than the ministry's budget alone.