Truckers won't be hit by diesel duty rise says Giorgetti

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 9 - Italy's truckers won't be hit by a government hike of diesel duties to bring them into line with petrol duties, Economy Minister Giancarlo Gioregtti said Wednesday.
    "Truck drivers have a specific discipline and are not affected by the so-called alignment," he said during a speech to the House on the Strategic Budget Plan.
    Road haulage operators had threatened to strike over the move.
    (ANSA).