Italy: emergency diesel duty cut and a centre-right electoral law deal

The Council of Ministers under Meloni approved a decree cutting diesel prices by 17 cents per litre through 24 August in response to price spikes; separately the coalition reached agreement on key points of electoral reform after a July defeat on preference votes.

A governing centre-right using targeted, time-limited excise cuts rather than open-ended freezes — a direct comparator for the UK's permanent-but-always-provisional fuel duty freeze.