With the right in government, there will be no wealth tax. Giorgia Meloni wrote it in black and white in a post on X. With just a few lines, the prime minister sends a clear message to a segment of the opposition and to Maurizio Landini. The CGIL leader had in fact proposed a tax on assets over two million euros. This new polemic adds to the one regarding the general strike over the budget and is just a foretaste of the clash that looms in Parliament over the budget law, now that the amendments are getting into the thick of things.
The wealth tax "is a cyclical proposal from the left," the Prime Minister attacks, sparking a reaction from the entire opposition, albeit with several distinctions. Indeed, the issue has been a hot topic for days, with differing opinions: AVS leaders are openly in favor of taxing large incomes, while Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein takes a different stance. The Democratic Party leader had, in fact, opened up to the idea, but spoke of a European tax. And perhaps it's no coincidence that in her response to Meloni, Schlein never uses the word wealth tax: "The Meloni government has raised taxes for everyone. And as if that weren't enough, in the next budget, it will intervene on personal income tax and again help the richest instead of the impoverished middle class." Then comes the most serious attack: "How can you wake up this morning and attack the opposition? Your government will be remembered as the one that bled Italian families and businesses and provided aid to the richest."
Five Star Movement leader Giuseppe Conte, however, is opposed to a wealth tax. "It's not on the agenda," the former prime minister makes clear, then attacks the government, emphasizing that the "real wealth tax" was introduced by Meloni herself: "This is a government of taxes. It's been ten years now, and we have a record tax burden," which "has hit" especially "the middle class, completely impoverished, and the most vulnerable segments of the population. This is the real wealth tax; let's not distract citizens from the real problems."
