Ex-premier and Forza Italia
leader Silvio Berlusconi on Friday pledged to scrap car and
inheritance taxes if the centre right wins the March 4 general
election.
"(With the centre right in power) there will be no more taxes
of people's primary home, nor on the car, inheritances and
donations will not be taxed and we'll eliminate (business tax)
IRAP," Berlusconi told one of this Mediaset TV channels.
The IMU tax on people's primary homes has already been
removed but it remains on second homes and other properties.
Berlusconi said a "fundamental point" of the centre right
programme he wrapped up with his alliance partners on Thursday
was a flat tax of 23% for households and business, adding that
the aim is to gradually reduce this further.
FI is running in an coalition with two rightwing parties,
Giorgio Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) and Matteo Salvini's
League, and a group of centrists.
Berlusconi said that he was happy with the centre-right
election programme he signed with his alliance partners on
Thursday.
"Yes, it's an extremely deep programme," Berlusconi told one
of his Mediaset TV channels when asked if he was satisfied.
"I started to prepare it myself".
Berlusconi said later the first laws to be passed if the
centre right wins on March 4 will be against to create jobs and
fight poverty.
"The first measures of our government will be the creation of
steady jobs, with the decontribution of apprentice and
first-time contracts above all for the young and laws that
vigorously fight poverty, with the 'dignity wage' for the
worst-off and the increase in minimum pensions to 1,00 euros,"
the three-time ex-premier and media magnate said on Facebook.
Berlusconi also said that the next Italian premier should be
someone like himself.
"What's the identikit of the future centre-right premier? It
should be someone who has set themselves important, risky
targets in life that are difficult to achieve and managed to
achieve them all. Someone like Silvio Berlusconi comes to mind,"
he told one of his Mediaset TV channels.
Berlusconi said Thursday he would return to the premier's
office if the centre right win the March 4 general election and
the European Court of Human Rights lifts a ban on his holding
public office.
The court is not expected to rule before the March vote,
however
Berlusconi was ejected from the Senate in 2013 after the
office ban, stemming from a tax-evasion conviction.
He added that he envisioned a government made up of 20
ministers including 12 from outside the world of politics.
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