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Italy’s Meloni scraps road tax for most cars as election nears
By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Italy is abolishing road tax for 14.5 million cars and motor-bikes, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, in a move estimated
ROME, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Italy is abolishing road tax for 14.5 million cars and motor-bikes, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, in a move estimated to cost the country’s strained state coffers more than €2 billion ($2.31 billion).
The decision comes as the government seeks ways to boost support ahead of a national election next year.
Meloni’s conservative coalition is trailing the centre-left in the polls and faces pressure from National Future, a new far-right party led by Roberto Vannacci which is steadily gaining support.
