The members of Matteo Salvini's Lega party who took part in the group's federal council in Rome on Tuesday came to a general consensus on several pressing issues.
These members agreed that Lega should stand by their election pledges to introduce a flat tax at 15 per cent for people earning up to 100,000 euro, and to make it easier for people to retire earlier, sources said.
Lega is proposing a pension reform that would make it possible for people to retire early if they have 41 years of social-security contributions.
Lega also wants the incoming centre-right government to adopt large-scale measures to help people with soaring energy prices, the sources said.
On Monday Confindustria President Carlo Bonomi said:
“We cannot afford to contemplate a flat tax and early retirement.”
He argued that these measures would ultimately put too much pressure on public finances.
