The government’s incessant request by the opposition members of the Chamber to make an observation on the state of the art of the Pnrr, also in light of the position expressed by the League on the application of funds, turned out to be successful. In fact, the executive “gladly” accepted the invitation to inform Parliament about the state of implementation of the Plan. The holder of the dossier, Raffaele Fitto, will speak to the Chambers. The Minister of European Affairs explained in a note that he will have “no difficulty in doing so” because the appointment is considered “an opportunity”. “In fact, an excellent opportunity for discussion – underlined Fitto – to deepen and clarify the merits of the issues”.
Fitto, who is negotiating the reform of the Pnrr with Brussels, received the president of the ANCI, Antonio De Caro, and the mayors of Florence Dario Nardella and Luigi Brugnaro of Venice today in Rome for a discussion on the problems linked to the observations made by the European Commission on the admissibility of some interventions financed by the Pnrr within the scope of integrated urban plans (Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence and Bosco in Venice). During the meeting, all technical aspects were explored “and useful elements emerged that the government, according to the interested mayors, will send to the Commission to overcome all the critical issues it has faced and, thus, be able to allow the planned interventions to be carried out. . A work and discussion, in a constructive spirit, which will continue with the European Commission in the coming hours”.
During the day, Fitto also met with the European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, Johannes Hahn. The two exchanged views on the Pnrr and cohesion policy, with Fitto reiterating “the need for the EU, given the changing international and economic context, to use maximum flexibility in the use of available resources”. Concept, that of flexibility as a tool to modify and complete projects in difficulty due to extraordinary events, which also came back to the table in the conversation that Hahn had with the owner of the Mef, Giancarlo Giorgetti. And in the words of Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani: “All Pnrr money must be spent on viable projects. So we need a bit of flexibility from the European Commission. We need to negotiate and see how the negotiation ends. There is still one to go.” month”.
For the executive, the path continues to be to remodel the Pnrr without giving up a slice of the more than 200 billion allocated to Italy. One hypothesis, that of waiving the funds, presented by the leader of the Lega group in the Chamber, Riccardo Molinari, who relaunched today: “Instead of spending them badly, it is better not to spend them. If Meloni says ‘we can spend them, we can renegotiate’, hugs, let’s open the sparkling wine”. And the other deputy prime minister, the secretary of the Northern League, Matteo Salvini, also spoke on the subject, trying to clarify: “If there is something to be remodulated, we will do it, transferring funds to other projects is not treason, but common sense. the objective is to spend money well, as Molinari said: if there are projects that are a little far-fetched, made just to spend money, no. But I count that Italy will demonstrate that it knows how to spend the money it lends well and will change its face in the coming years”. Words that do not reassure the Democratic Party. denied by Meloni, are the hidden truth – admitted the leader of the dem group in the Senate, Francesco Boccia -. Minister Fitto’s willingness to report to the Chamber? reassures. They are words.”
Source: IL Tempo
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