Italy’s latest right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni (nativist, Eurosceptic), which won the nation’s parliamentary elections on 25 September and is expected to form a government by the end of October, is seeking to lower social security charges and taxes on salaries, augment labour market flexibility, scrap the citizenship income measure, and reform the unemployment insurance system. This tri-party coalition’s ideologically liberal programmes do intend however to leave room for some concessions to be made towards the currently highly restrictive domestic pensions system.
Although the three parties making up this latest potential ruling coalition, namely Fratelli d’Italia (FDI, post-fascist, 26% vote), the League (far right, > 8 % vote), and Forza Italia (FI, right wing, > 8% vote) have not presented a common program, they do agree on a number of measures.
Agree on lowering taxes and social charges on salaries. Italy’s gap between the amounts employers pay in gross salary and those which employees receive after taxes and contributions is one of the highest in Eur
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