The Italian government has decided not to charge for tourists staying in the country

The Italian government has abandoned the project for the taxation of foreign tourists. Under pressure from the opposition assumes the presidency of Romano Prodi, the bill to Parliament that Italy came for a holiday, would have the Treasury from February to May retired pay € per day. The money is planned to expand the market for support services at resorts. The opposition, led by tycoon media lose elections, Silvio Berlusconi has called the law of a demonstration of the weakness of the ruling center-left. After the project, costs have been included in the bill for hotel accommodation. The amount of tax in relation to the size of the machine raised: for example, had the tourists in Rome, Milan and Naples to pay more than the rest, for example, in Rimini. It should be noted that the Italian government was forced to extraordinary measures, unpopular because of its budget deficit, which does not fit despite all measures taken to implement the EU rules will be reduced by 3%. Romano Prodi has promised that the tax reform will help achieve this goal by 2007., But data suggest that current year's budget deficit continues to grow. According to forecasts, in 2006. This is a 4.8% increase over 2005 RBC