The Meloni government continues to wink at beach resorts, reducing the (already low) fee operators pay to the state by 4.5 percent. Italy is at risk of civil violation lawsuits due to non-implementation of the Bolkestein directive, which requires concessions to be put out to tender.
Angelo Bonelli, Member of Parliament for Alleanza Verdi Sinistra, intervenes in the matter today, as the hero of a heated social debate with Flavio Briatore.
Briatore offered him to work at Twiga…
“For me, there is no problem, provided that he moves his residence from Monte Carlo to Italy and returns to his country to pay his taxes. Apart from these jokes, Italy must respond to the reasoned opinion of the European Union by January 16. In their mapping on the implementation of the Bolkestein directive “They extended the coast of Italy for about 3 thousand kilometers, it’s crazy,” he said.
What’s behind this government protection of the beach resort lobby?
“There are major economic interests and a desire to maintain political and electoral hegemony over this sector. They do this by enforcing European laws; Meloni is clearly aware of this, but the game will be played between now and Briatore’s European elections. Let’s be Meloni’s supporters, call me ‘illegal’ ‘ he says in the video that we should support the Meloni government because the government is doing well.”
So what is the Government doing?
“Giorgia Meloni basically does two things: First, she protects the privileges of the category, starting from the issue of fees. It is no coincidence that Briatore, who was the partner of Daniela Santanchè and who is today the partner of the minister’s partner, ended up in this situation. He bought the shares to avoid a conflict of interest. And that’s just Briatore It concerns not only , but many other situations: Even the princes of Qatar took over the beaches in Italy, and opened ultra-luxury hotels in Sardinia by paying a few thousand euros to the Italian state. As the government, it is not about applying the Bolkestein directive to existing swimming facilities, but about the shortage of vacant places because there are free beaches “They claim it is not. We will declare all-out war on it because the last one is impossible. Free beaches have been privatized and built on concrete to protect the privileges of the various Briatores.”
So how many votes do beachgoers bring?
“There are not many votes, but it serves a conditioning function. In Italy, we are talking about close to 10 thousand structures that always put pressure on both centre-right and centre-left governments. I remember that the extension of Bolkestein was done by both the centre-right and Renzi. The problem is, “Advocating this lobby risks causing a change in the morphology of our country: already in many municipalities what were once seaside areas have become ‘promenade’. This is unacceptable.”
They say: If we liberalize and create competition, famous foreign multinationals will come and take our beaches. Does this risk exist?
“This is a big nonsense and, above all, a lie, because multinational companies are already there. The law approved by the Draghi government and annulled by the Meloni government prevented exactly this, as it guaranteed the right of pre-emption in the tender.” granting licenses to former transferees, among other things, recognition of investments made in the facility. In reality, what they do not want is a revaluation of fees, since these licenses are often part of more complex economic operations; Briatore, for example, was not initially the concessionaire of the factory, but paid rent of 250 thousand euros a year to the Galeotti family, who took over the license. The Galeottis paid 16 thousand euros to the state. Euro. He later purchased the company, spending 3 million Euros. In short, there are big interests: in Italy, state concessions reach 110 million euros, while the total turnover is between 8 and 10 billion euros, fire sales.”
A mechanism very similar to taxi licenses.
“Exactly, with the difference that holiday resort licenses cannot be sold, they depend on the company that holds the concession. However, the mechanism is the same: there are those who invest with sums of money. It should not be forgotten that the vast majority of the concessions are tied to the company that holds the concession. Not through public bankruptcy proceedings, but through special authorization from the Port Authority, as if it were a direct assignment.” This took place through appointments. Later, the management was transferred to the Regions that did not make tenders, and 80 percent of the privileges remained. Same.
Source: Today IT
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