Headlines: The Political Episode—Upcoming Election, Gas Prices, and Recent Decrees

<p>While we try not to delve too much into the political side of Italy mainly as it will rarely affect your trip to Italy, today&#39;s episode jumps right into it! </p><p>Next year, December 22nd will be the election day for a Prime Minister and a fair amount of Senate seats, so already the news is ramping up with headlines ranging from things like Meloni&#39;s government cutting a widely-hated road tax only for next year (the election year), to gas prices being capped, to a ban on burqas and niqabs in schools. </p><p>As mentioned, very little of this will affect your trip—either this year or next—but just like any election anywhere, the more fear-inducing a headline is, the better it sells. So we wanted to explain that while some headlines might seem scary at first glance, it&#39;s likely they have more to do with political saber-rattling than anything else. </p><p>If you have any questions about your trip or if you have tips for fellow listeners, you can join our chat on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for free or contact us on <a href="https://www.onlyabag.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Want to support the podcast? You can join our Patreon! Check out all of our tiers—free and paid—here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>For articles written by us about Italy, check out our website <a href="https://www.onlyabag.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;d like to support us by using affiliate links, but don&#39;t have the time to hunt them down, we have put them all in one place! Head over to <a href="www.onlyabag.com/affiliate-links">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.onlyabag.com/affiliate-links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and you can see all of the companies we have partnerships with and you can use them to support Only A Bag (which we deeply appreciate). </p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening! </p><p>xDarcy and Nathaniel</p>