Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth about 30 billion euros ($31 billion) in tax cuts and social security contributions for low-income citizens
ByThe Associated Press
December 28, 2024, 8: 28 AM
ROME — Italy’s parliament on Saturday approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth about 30 billion euros ($31 billion) in tax cuts and social security contributions for low-income citizens.
The measures, pushed by the far-right cabinet headed by Premier Giorgia Meloni, won final approval in the Upper House by 108 votes to 63.
The country’s center-left opposition had harshly criticized the economic package, saying it didn’t meet the premier’s pledges to slash taxes for most Italians and boost employm