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台灣事實查核中心Economy & business

網傳「馬政府時代每度電2.2元，蔡政府現在每度電5.5元」？

Publisher’s rating: 錯誤

The claim says that electricity cost NT$2.2 per unit during the Ma administration and had risen to NT$5.5 under the Tsai administration. The Taiwan FactCheck Center assessed that specific comparison using Taiwan Power Company’s historical average-price statistics. Its review reports that the annual average price during Ma’s 2008–2016 presidency ranged from NT$2.30 to NT$3.07 per unit. For Tsai’s first two years covered by the review, the averages were NT$2.55 in 2017 and NT$2.60 in 2018. Those figures do not support the claim of a rise to NT$5.5. The review also explains why comparing particular electricity categories could create a misleading impression. A researcher at National Taiwan University’s Risk Society and Policy Research Center said Taipower uses “electricity lighting” for ordinary households and small users, and “electricity power” for large users such as factories and department stores. The overall average is weighted according to the amounts of electricity used in those categories; it is not calculated by adding their rates and dividing by two. The review concludes that the circulated comparison is not supported by the historical average-price data.

Pagella PoliticaEconomy & business

L’Italia ha 300 miliardi di euro di evasione fiscal

Publisher’s rating: Pinocchio andante

The review examines Luigi Di Maio’s statement that Italy “has 300 billion euros of tax evasion.” It compares that figure with calculations by the Italian finance ministry commission responsible for studying the unobserved economy and tax evasion. On that basis, the €300 billion figure appears to be roughly three times too high.

FACTLYEconomy & business

జర్మనీ ప్రజలు పెట్రోల్/డీజిల్ రేట్ల పై నిరసన తెలిపి, తమ కార్లను నడి రోడ్డున నిలిపివేసినందున, ప్రభుత్వం పరిస్థితి అర్ధం చేసుకొని పెంచిన రేట్లను వెంటనే తగ్గించింది.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Pagella PoliticaEconomy & business

L’Italia ha abbondantemente pagato per il debito altrui aiutando altri Paesi europei, non avendo mai chiesto un euro. Non credo che l’Austria abbia pagato quanto l’Italia, essendo [noi] il terzo contributore, per aiutare gli altri Paesi, compreso la Grecia

Publisher’s rating: Vero

The review examines whether Italy contributed to helping European countries in financial difficulty, whether it had itself received assistance, and whether it contributed more than Austria, including to aid for Greece. It says Italy paid through its subscriptions to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and other instruments, while never requesting or receiving assistance from the ESM or its predecessors. Thus, the claim that Italy contributed without itself receiving such help is supported by the review’s account.

Pagella PoliticaEconomy & business

Se [l'Iva] aumenterà [...] per gli italiani è in arrivo una stangata da circa 1200 euro annui [...]. Non solo: l’aumento provocherà un calo dei consumi dello 0,7 per cento, il che equivarrebbe a un punto e mezzo di Pil. Se invece non aumenterà, il rapporto deficit/Pil balzerà al 3,4 per cento

Publisher’s rating: Vero

The review examines Anna Maria Bernini’s claims that an IVA increase would cost Italians about €1,200 a year and reduce consumption by 0.7%, while preventing the increase without finding other funds would push the deficit-to-GDP ratio to 3.4%. It says the €1,200 estimate came from Codacons, while Confcommercio estimated a figure just under €900. The €1,200 calculation assumed consumption stayed unchanged, even though Codacons also forecast a contraction. [S1]