Premier Matteo Renzi on
Tuesday defended his 80-euro tax bonus for low-income Italians,
although he earlier acknowledged that it has not yet boosted
consumption. He told the Senate that Italy's middle class has
paid the price of the economic crisis more than any other class
and as an element of "social justice" deserves the 80-euro tax
bonus. He also said that labour reforms in Spain don't apply in
Italy, where labour costs must by reduced by cutting related
taxes, but salaries should not be lowered.
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