The government is delving into the issue of high fuel prices on the eve of the expiry of the excise tax discount, in effect until tomorrow, August 26. According to various sources, this morning there was a video conference meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, attended, among others, by Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini, and the leader of Noi moderati Maurizio Lupi.
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Council of Ministers tomorrow
Tomorrow, according to sources from Palazzo Chigi, a new Council of Ministers is scheduled, which should extend the measures already in place for a few days, allowing the Government to work on a more targeted intervention. The measure expiring tomorrow, therefore, will not be the final one, but will serve to allow the preparation of the provision within the necessary time frame. The goal, the same sources explain, is to prepare a measure more focused on the income brackets that most need State support, thus making the intervention more effective and selective.
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Salvini: I think excise tax extension for a few days, until September
“In the meantime, we will extend the diesel discount and then we are thinking more long-term.” This is what Lega leader Matteo Salvini said when asked at a press point at the Rimini Meeting about the Council of Ministers convened for tomorrow. When asked how long the excise tax discount will be extended, he replied “for a few days, until September, I imagine. Then I would like to do something more continuous, something more substantial, and so money is needed.”
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