in two countries you pay nothing (and even Greece beats Italy) – Corriere.it

The “lowest TV license in Europe». The director of Rai, Giampaolo Rossi, recalled this yesterday, discussing the resources available for making investments and the debate on the advisability of maintaining the fee for public television service in Italy, on which the Lega above all pushes. In the past, some polls have revealed that it is the “most hated tax by Italians”.

But what is the European framework regarding the payment of this burden? Do all countries have it? Is Italy really the lowest?

If in Italy they are paid 90 euros per year (since 2017 in the electricity bill), in Germany the burden amounts to 210 eurosin France at 139 euros (89 for overseas departments), in Great Britain it is equal to the equivalent of about 174 euros (with exemptions for over 75s and people with vision problems).

There European average is 125 euros.

In addition to Spain, the Netherlands and Cyprus, where the service is supported by general taxation and not by a fee, in Europe, Italy is beaten by Greece where you just pay 36 euros.

The heaviest bill is paid instead in Switzerland, with the equivalent of about 410 euros.

According to Mediobanca’s annual report on the Media & entertainment sector, published in 2023, however, Italy is entitled to the lowest unitary fee among the major European countries, also lower than the European average: 0.25 euro per day per subscriber against the average 0.32 euro. In Germany, German public TV costs €0.58 a day for taxpayers, in Great Britain 0.50 euros and in France 0.38 euros.

In Italy, the portion of the ordinary rent that is collected by the Rai measures approximately 86% of what is paid by the user, for a total of 290 million, with percentages lower than Germany (98%), Great Britain (96%) and France (96%), while the European average is 89.5%.

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