Photo: Andreas SOLARO / AFPSource: AFPPrime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Italian farmers associations Friday after weeks of demonstrations across the country and promised to reinstate a limited tax break. Farmers have been staging small protests from Sicily to Turin, demanding action on a range of issues. Earlier Friday, the protests reached the centre of Rome, with tractors -- including one green, one white and one red, Italy's national colours -- taking a symbolic drive past the Colosseum. Farmers have been staging small protests from Sicily to Turin, demanding action on a range of issues. At Friday's roundtable with ministers and agricultural groups, including representatives of the protesters, she agreed to extend an income tax exemption for farmers in force since 2017.

Source: Daily Nation February 09, 2024 17:00 UTC