The right-wing alliance led by Fratelli d’Italia has won a majority in Italy’s parliamentary election. ZEW economists from Italy and Germany assess the results as follows:
The German government wants to relieve citizens financially, not least because of the increased bracket creep effect. Adjustments to income tax and child benefit and, most recently, the announcement that…
The increase in the health insurance supplementary contribution proposed by the Federal Ministry of Health will be relatively low for all income groups. Due to tax effects, the net disposable income of…