The anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) said Tuesday that it has identified savings that
could bolster the budget of the cash-strapped city of Rome by
over one billion euros.
The M5S presented the savings at the Lower House ahead of
local elections in the Italian capital later this year.
The movement said that, of the 1.189 billion euros in
savings it had found, 404 million stemmed from "services offered
free to the Vatican and taxes not collected and not contemplated
by the Lateran Pacts (regulating relations between Italy and the
Holy See)".
Another 216 million would come from a clampdown in evasion
of local taxes, while 200 million more would stem from the
city's real-estate assets, following a scandal that revealed the
council was renting out many flats in central areas at a
pittance.
The M5S said it was the first to uncover this scandal.
It said some 10 million more could be saved by cutting
chauffeur-driven cars for politicians.
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