Meloni pledges help for farmers amid tractor protests. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promised her government will take action to make sure farmers' get fair prices for their produce.

She also said that a tax-relief measure regarding income-taxIrpef for farmers would be changed, rather than scrapped completely. The question seemed to create some friction within the government, with Deputy Premier and Transport Minister MatteoSalvini saying the tax relief was not enough. The tractor procession on Rome's GRAmotorway ring road is scheduled for Friday evening.