Meloni has a lot of nerve on taxes says Conte

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 9 - Premier Giorgia Meloni "has a lot of nerve" in saying she won't raise taxes when she is in fact raising them in many ways, leftwing populist opposition 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader and former premier Giuseppe Conte said Wednesday.
    "Meloni has a lot of nerve, she says she has not increased taxes," Conte told a press conference at the House.
    " And what is the doubling of VAT on diapers? What are the cuts to healthcare and pensions? And the cuts to tax breaks for the purchase of a first home for some young people? And also the intervention on excise duties which will even lead to an increase in the shopping cart. These are cuts, they are new taxes. Plus, what does the stability pact envisage? Cuts for 13 billion. Who signed it? Giorgia Meloni with this government".
    (ANSA).