Must give sign of attention to middle class this year - PM

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 9 - The government must give a sign of attention to the middle class this year, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday.
    The 2025 budget has been accused, among other things, of favoring low-income workers with tax cuts and ignoring the broad swathe of middle-income workers.
    "There are no things that have remained undone: cutting the tax wedge, tax rates, tax breaks, and taxes themselves," said the premier.
    "We have concentrated on securing incomes that could not make it and the few resources we had on low incomes.
    "We certainly need to give a signal to the middle class that has not been given until now.
    "We have made a tax reform and we will try to take gradual steps and, resources permitting, I believe this year we need to give attention to the middle class". (ANSA).