Press review: the abolition of the car tax by the Meloni government and the leading news
The front pages of the newspapers on 16 September: from the stop to the car tax to international and sporting tensions.
Quick Look
- The Italian newspapers of September 16 open on the Meloni government's move to abolish the tax for small-medium cars and motorbikes in 2027.
- International news is also at the center of attention, from the crisis in Gaza to the developments of the European Union with the opening to Canada.
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Daily review of the front pages of the main Italian newspapers on 16 September.
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1/16
IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA
The Meloni government's move at the beginning: "Small and medium-sized cars, no tax". Cars up to 80 kilowatts of power and motorbikes are exempt. Giorgetti: "A painful decision, it will become structural." The opposition: "Electoral maneuver". USA: "The Fed raises rates by 25 points. Trump's anger". Interview with Salvini: "Pontida, no controversy. Collaborate with Moscow". Europe, Von der Leyen: "Canada is an associate member of the EU". Gaza, building collapses: "Over 20 victims, massacre of children". Milan: "Rabbi attacked at bus stop".
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2/16
THE REPUBLIC
The government's choice in the foreground: "Bollo, Meloni's gift". From 2027 "goodbye to the tax for medium and small cars and for all motorbikes". The government "will cover the lost revenue for the Regions with Pnrr funds". Gaza: "Massacre of children in the palace of displaced people". Von der Leyen, the alarm: "Ultranationalists and Russians want to shatter the EU". The interview with Rushdie: "Trump is a threat like fascism". The FBI: "Moscow plans targeted assassinations in Europe and the USA".
3/16
THE PRESS
"Cars and motorbikes, no tax", is the opening headline of the Turin newspaper. For a year there will be no tax on small-medium cars: "Then the measure will become structural". Meloni: "Let's abolish the most hated tax". Gaza: "A building collapses, massacre of children". Roggero: "I am impulsive, every life must be respected." Violence against women, Istat: "Three million victims before turning 16". Von der Leyen's speech to the Union: "The super EU with Canada". FBI alarm: "Moscow plans assassinations in Europe and America".
4/16
THE MESSENGER
Prime Minister Meloni's move at the beginning: "Small-medium cars and motorbikes, no tax". A single "exemption per family will concern 14.5 million vehicles. Cost 2.3 billion". The opposition: "Shameless electoral maneuver". USA: "After three years + 0.25%. The Fed is raising rates." Crosetto's words: "A pact between parties against foreign interference". Rome, caught the sniper: "I shot women just for fun". Rai against Ranucci: "Internal rules violated". Football: "Roma-Inter, Olympic fever".
5/16
LA GAZZETTA DELL'SPORT
The Europa League is in the spotlight: "Milan isn't there". Debut "among the whistles, Benfica passes (0-2)". Today at 9pm Juventus takes the field: "It's time to start again". Serie A, Scudetto match scheduled: "Roma beats Inter, richer market". In the last two years since the arrival of Gasperini and Chivu, "the Giallorossi have invested 211 million against 186". F1, the calendar for the 2027 season has been launched "with more Sprints. Also in Monza and Monaco".
6/16
THE SPORT COURIER
Milan again in the foreground with their "shock debut" in the Europa League: "Tempesta d'Amorim". Rossoneri "sunk and booed. Benfica has another gear". Serie A, everything is ready for the super match between the Giallorossi and Inter: "Roma is ahead of the game". Juventus, Spalletti's words: "Conte? Pressure is medicine". Bologna sacks Tedesco: "Palladino changes face" for the rossoblù. Napoli: "De Bruyne goes to 200, he has bewitched Allegri".
7/16
ALLSPORT
Focus on the Europa League at the start: "Poor Devil". "Flop" debut for Milan, "mistakes and confusion, Ramos invisible": Benfica wins 2-0 at San Siro. Tonight the Bianconeri are on the pitch, Spalletti replies to Carnevali: "Juve, you'll see that I'll improve". Turin, the goalkeeper case: "Rust and extra kilos, Perri has to run". Interview with Rizzitelli towards Roma-Inter: "Malen better than Lautaro now". F1: "Monza and Monte Carlo will also have Sprint".
8/16
THE DAILY FACT
At the beginning focus on the stop to car tax wanted by the Meloni government: "Giorgia La Quale". There is talk of an "electoral hand": "When the M5S proposed it they evoked Cetto". Politics, revenge: "Grillo dreams of the party with AI, young people and Musk: the exes say no". Gaza: "Building collapses, 21 dead, 50 children missing". Von der Leyen "desperate": "To save the EU, annex Canada". Money laundering in Kiev: "Budanov, Zelensky's deputy, is also knocked out".
9/16
THE NEWSPAPER
"Bollo ciao", is the headline in the foreground. The government abolishes "one of the most hated taxes". Meloni: "The measure concerns 70% of cars". Milan, shocking attack: "Rabbi beaten by three Arabs". Focus on Von der Leyen's speech: "What doesn't return in Ursula's Europe". The editorial: "Long live the liberal insurrection."
10/16
FREE
"Boom! Away with the tax", is the opening title. From 2027 "no tax for small and medium power cars (up to 80Kw) and for all motorcycles". The investigation: "Network of migrant-saving doctors. Fake certificates to prevent foreigners from going to the CPR". Case Report: "The photo of Ranucci debunking his version". Justice: "This is how the CSM defused the aptitude tests". Football: "No pro Ceuta shirt, Mbappè idol of his teammates." EU: "The Ursula recipe is a gift to the Chinese giant".
11/16
IL SOLE 24 ORE
Focus on oil at the opening: "Real price over 150 dollars". USA: "the Fed raises rates and promises to do so again". The White House: "Unfortunate choice". Council of Ministers: "Vital tax 2027 for cars and motorbikes. Maximum savings of 240 euros". Plastic emergency, companies alarm: "Collection is at risk". EU, Von der Leyen opens up to Canada: "It will be an associate member". Gaza, a building collapses: "At least 21 dead, 50 children under the rubble".
12/16
THE PAPER
The EU among the topics on the front page: "Slaps against Europe from half-Europeanists". Canada's bid "wins the state of the Union and opens the way to becoming the first associate member." Middle East: "If Hamas promotes 'Naza'". Politics: "Meloni's plan B". "The tax on the first car" is gone: the government is heading towards the elections "with a Berlusconi idea". Use: "Poisoned Urns." American bishops "attack Maga rhetoric".
13/16
THE MANIFESTO
"Medical guard" is the title in the foreground. The focus is on migrants who "get sick in the CPR, commit acts of self-harm and die". And many doctors argue that "those centers are incompatible with health and they do so openly". For this reason "a prosecutor's office is investigating them". Government: "Electoral discount for polluting cars". Middle East: "A building collapses, there is a massacre in Gaza". Brussels: "NATO-style Europe remains without answers".
14/16
TOMORROW
At the beginning, the government's decision: "Car tax, Meloni's pocket money. Eliminate the tax in view of the elections". The president announces, "(only for 2027) the cutting of the most hated tax" on small and medium vehicles. Von der Leyen attacks Russia: "Disintegrate the EU". The analysis: "AI can exterminate humanity. But only if politics dies first." China's strategies: "If Putin's endless war is a gift to Xi".
15/16
THE REFORMIST
"Putin's spider's web" is the headline on the front page. The focus is on the investigation linked to the "Russian spies that Moscow hides in its embassy in Rome". The agreement: "USA, arms to Israel for 2.8 billion. Iron alliance". Wide shot: "Conte vs Schlein, the challenge is played on discontinuity". CDM: "Away with car tax, Meloni is preparing to vote in April".
16/16
THE NATION
The government's opening decision: "Stop car tax in 2027. Abolished for motorbikes and small cars". Meloni "cancels it for 14.5 million vehicles up to 80 kW". EU: "Europe challenges nationalists and Russians". Von der Leyen: "No one divides us". Gaza: "Building collapses, children under the rubble". Migrants: "Medical certificates to avoid access to CPR, four under investigation". Milan: "Killed and torn to pieces, another life sentence for the ex".
Open Questions
- What will be the concrete effects of the measures announced by the government?






