Concerns about meeting Pnrr implementation deadlines show no sign of abating. Their fears were expressed today by the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, who, speaking on Rai3’s ‘More half an hour’ broadcast, launched an appeal to the government to approach resource management from a “managerial” perspective: “It is a political exercise, but then it’s very managerial – said Sala -. If politics deludes itself into thinking that it can change its skin overnight, it’s wrong. I’m telling the truth. We have projects in the drawer to rebuild schools, popular housing, buy buses. Things dollars. If they give us money, we invest it”.
Sala underlines, therefore, that he does not want to steal funds from other areas of the country, but invites us to consider the central role of Milan, the beating heart of the Italian economy. “If there was an Italian bankruptcy, it would be a European bankruptcy because Europe bet on Italy. The ‘Next EU generation’ was born above all for Italy, and the South must play an important role – said Sala -. “I don’t want to take anyone’s funds. If there are unused funds we make, should we throw them away?”
In the morning, the leader of the Action, Carlo Calenda, also spoke about meeting the deadlines and ways of implementing the Pnrr, remembering on Twitter: “We suggest that the government restore industry 4.0 – through the reestablishment of training – and extend it to the active environmental issues and energy savings. Investments will fall due to interest rates. Stimulating them by improving productivity and saving energy is a good choice. Companies invest in more ‘human’ times. We have discussed the plan with all interested Ministers. Now we need to step up.”
The hope that arises from the Third Pole is clear, to go beyond “passing the buck” of responsibility and not wasting precious time. “In the Pnrr, politics is called to a test of seriousness. We must not make the mistake of the FdI who, when in opposition, saw the Pnrr as the ‘Draghi Plan’. For me this is not the ‘Meloni Plan'”, is the plan for Italy – says Mariastella Gelmini, deputy secretary and spokeswoman for the Action, interviewed by ‘La Stampa’ – This government has assumed the responsibility of changing the rules in progress and revolutionizing the ‘governance’ of the Pnrr, also applying system’: now he no longer has an alibi, he must tell Italy what he wants to do and respect the times. For us, there is nothing to change: we want to collaborate, we will discuss the governance decree during the week. To say yes, we have established two conditions: to restore ‘Safe Italy’, the unified mission created by the Renzi government, and to restore ‘Industry 4.0’ to full capacity, a measure desired by Calenda when he was a minister”.
The prime minister’s undersecretary, Giovanbattista Fazzolari, took care to defend the government’s work and emphasize the problems inherited from previous governments. Unfortunately, the current government is rearranging many things that are wrong. We’ve always said there are critical issues. We have an imposing plan that was hastily drawn up by the Conte II government. We claim that we abstained in Parliament because the Pnrr was brought to the Chamber less than 24 hours before Parliament voted for it.”
Finally, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Francesco Paolo Sisto, is confident that the objectives will be met: “In the Pnrr, the EU no longer seems deaf to the difficulties of each country. We are therefore confident: the objectives can and must be achieved For this, everyone is called to unite under the banner of one principle: responsibility. The objective is very important, individual affiliations cannot be placed before the interests of the country”.
Source: IL Tempo
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