Premier Giuseppe Conte said
Thursday that he wants to work with business to get Italy back
on track as he addressed the assembly of Assolombarda, the
Lombardy branch of industrial employers' confederation
Confindustria.
"The government wants to turn a new leaf after years in which
the political world got rusty, closing itself off by being
self-referential," Conte said.
"The country wants to get moving. Our doors are always open,
let's face the challenges together and win".
The premier also promised a fiscal reform that would bring
down taxes and ruled out any form of wealth tax.
He said he would do "everything" to limit the damage caused
by new US tariffs on European goods, including some Italian
cheeses.
Earlier on Thursday, Assolombarda President Carlo Bonomi said
the government needed to set aside around 13-14 billion euros to
reduce the labour tax wedge, arguing the two billion-odd
mentioned so far was not sufficient.
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