The M5s called Cetto La Quale into question more to criticize the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni than the provision itself. From the Democratic Party the voice of some MPs was raised, such as Silvio Lai, who spoke of a "deceptive propaganda operation". In essence, for the opposition the car tax cut is just an "electoral move".
The reactions came in dribs and drabs. The vast majority of the big names didn't speak. In short, no noise, no bass drum. On the other hand, it is a measure that will have an immediate impact on the imagination. Therefore, focusing on critical points and contradictions is not an easy game.
For example, as a candidate for the presidency of Calabria, the M5s MEP Pasquale Tridico proposed a similar measure: on that occasion, "Meloni had denigrated me, calling me Cetto La Quale - Tridico recalled - I therefore wonder if the Prime Minister continues to think the same way and if she coherently defines her proposal as a move by Cetto La Quale". However, Tridico delved into the boundary: "There is an abysmal difference between our proposal and yours. We had conceived it to support the middle class, but you are doing it at the end of the legislature as an electoral move".
With him, MP Vittoria Baldino, vice-president of the M5S: "When a proposal comes from the M5S is insulted and branded as populism, now it suddenly becomes a great measure".
Among the party leaders, only the secretary of Più Europa, Riccardo Magi, spoke out, coming down hard: "It's the fair of tips, pre-election bonuses and pre-election gifts. When we have the data on inflation and, above all, the high cost of energy that is weighing heavily on Italians' pockets, it seems more like a diversion, a weapon of distraction. That is, it's nothing compared to the increase in the cost of living." Even the Avs deputy Francesco Emilio Borrelli defined it: "A shameless electoral maneuver".
Among the centrist forces, those who do not disdain it are Action: "Abolishing the car tax is a good and right thing - wrote Senator Marco Lombardo on social media -. Abolishing it for just one year, coincidentally the year of the political elections, means wanting to transfer political responsibility (and the burden of 2.3 billion) to the next government so as not to lose it. Which is less good and less fair". In short, the criticisms do not directly concern the substance: "We are not faced with abolition - recalled the purified Democratic Party member Andrea Casu - but only with an electoral suspension which the government does not have the courage to make structural". The memory of the impact that Silvio Berlusconi's promise to abolish the IMU on first homes had during the election campaign is still vivid.
It is no coincidence, the prime minister claimed it: "The scheme follows what another centre-right government, of which I was part, used for the home: the tax on the first car owned up to a certain car power is abolished, trying to concentrate on those who need it most". But among the opposition there is doubt that the government is playing a shell game: "Either it will take the resources from some other part of the state revenue - explained Magi (+E) - and give them to the regions or the regions will increase other regional taxes. So, what kind of game is Meloni playing?".
