Giorgia Meloni will scrap road tax for millions of Italian drivers as the government seeks ways to boost support ahead of a national election in 2027.
The decision to abolish road tax for 14.5 million cars and motorcycles from next year is expected to cost the country’s strained state coffers more than €2.3billion (£1.98billion).
The policy was announced as her conservative coalition, made up of her Brothers of Italy party and two other parties, prepares to fight a general election that must be called by next autumn.
The conservative coalition is trailing the centre-Left in the polls, and faces pressure from National Future, a new
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