A back-and-forth exchange between Italy Viva leader Matteo Renzi and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the car registration tax.
"Eliminating the car registration tax for certain vehicle categories and mopeds is a good idea. Cutting taxes is always a good idea. Ten years ago we abolished the primary residence IMU tax, the IRAP tax on labour costs, we lowered the TV licence fee making everyone pay less but making it universal, and we introduced the €80 bonus. Every year I launched a different measure to give money back to citizens. And you called me a 'pots and pans salesman'!", Renzi wrote on X, posting a tweet by Giorgia Meloni from May 2016 in which she wrote: "We're in the middle of an election campaign, a PD mayor has just been arrested, and Renzi promptly goes on Facebook to announce he wants to abolish the car registration tax and cut income tax. The master of mass distraction. Would you say he is or isn't a pots and pans salesman?"
Shortly afterwards, the Prime Minister responded to him on social media: "Well done, Matteo. Today you've discovered the difference between announcing and delivering."
The Italia Viva leader's counter-reply was not long in coming: "I'm glad you follow me on social media," he wrote, addressing the President of the Council. "I delivered the €80 bonus, Industry 4.0, the IRAP labour cost measure, and the primary residence IMU abolition. You have announced a great deal and delivered very little."
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