Italian government in new row over housing tax


  • World
  • Friday, 09 Aug 2013

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy minister has warned against scrapping an unpopular housing tax, stirring a new row in the shaky left-right coalition over the levy which Silvio Berlusconi's centre right wants abolished.

Scarcely a day passes without a new dispute in the government - an uneasy alliance of former adversaries forced to work together after an inconclusive general election - raising speculation it may fall in the autumn.

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