ROME - Italy's political class was up in arms on Monday after reports that five lawmakers had allegedly received a"Covid Bonus" designed to help struggling Italians during the coronavirus epidemic.
News reports said the MPs came from the far-right League party, the ruling Five Star Movement and the centrist Italia Viva party. The government aid of 600 euros for the months of March and April and 1,000 euros for the month of May was intended to help self-employed and seasonal workers affected by the coronavirus lockdown.The MPs' dipping into the scheme, caught by a government anti-fraud body, elicited strong reaction.
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