Forza Italia, Lega, and Movimento 5 Stelle united by oysters: Here is the bipartisan amendment that calls for cutting VAT on mollusks

A transversal passion, which unites the entire constitutional arc and manages to make us forget the harshness of political controversy. It is difficult to say whether in the name of gluttony or the defense of a renowned product made in Italy. No, we are not talking about pasta or tomatoes for sauce but about oysters. No other food seems to have attracted so much attention from the parliamentarians who in recent days have deposited an avalanche of amendments to the budget law in the commission of the Chamber. Twenty of them have decided to spend, with four carbon copy proposals, for the meritorious objective of reducing the VAT on the bivalve mollusc from 22 to 10% that goes well with champagne (but a beer can also be fine). The request, as mentioned, is bipartisan: Lega, Forza Italia and Movimento 5 Stelle agree that oysters should be taxed no more than eggs, yogurt or powdered milk for children. The Northern League members Massimiliano Romeo and Davide Bergamini would like it, ...