“From this stage many praiseworthy intentions have been heard, many appreciable intentions which however clashed with the harsh reality of the South, which has seen the South move even further away from the productive life of the country. So why today must something have changed? there are the conditions to finally achieve a turning point. And the reason is that it has never happened that we have been offered a unique opportunity not only to affect the North-South divide but to make the South the outpost of the relaunch of Whole Italy “. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said at the Fiera del Levante “The 209 billion of the Recovery Fund are unprecedented, then there are the development and cohesion funds, the structural ones and the funds of the React Eu program”, he adds.
“From Thursday, here in the south, the” taxation of advantage “came into force. It is a concrete, important measure, which has its origins not from an incentive or a favor but from the realization that doing business in the south is more complicated. reduction of labor costs, which will not affect the purchasing power of workers, we create the premise for companies in the South to recover the competitive gap. And, we have already prepared with the EU commission, this measure must be lasting, our horizon is ten years and of a progressive measure “.
“We will soon issue a further decree to support the capitalization difficulties of large companies, including with bonds”.
“In the next few hours I will sign the decree to identify the sites covered by the simplification decree, appointing commissioners in charge of speeding up the times”.
Italy will have to “fully implement the projects” of the Recovery fund, “be able to express an administrative capacity to spend and to carry out the works: this has always been lacking. I make a solemn commitment: we will carry out the projects on time, with funding established “. To succeed “we will have to equip ourselves with a dedicated regulatory instrument for a preferential channel, prepare the mechanisms that will allow us to implement the planned projects within a certain time frame. Being able to spend resources and spend them well”. Premier Giuseppe Conte said this at the Fiera del Levante in Bari.
“At the European Council we shared the concerns” about the Covid pandemic: “There are countries in greater difficulty. At the moment Italy is in a better condition than other countries. But attention must be kept high because the curve does not escape epidemiological control. We cannot afford it. ”
“We met with Ursula Von Der Leyen and the commission. Italy has worked on the front line and today we can say that with the EU we are funding seven pharmaceutical groups that are multiplying the production lines of vaccines, regardless of who will arrive. first. This will allow us to be able to prepare immediately – we have already signed the contracts – 200 or 300 million doses, which will concern not only European citizens but also low and middle income countries because “Europe has a big heart” .
“They’ve been asking me for months about the financing system for health projects. Let’s focus the public discussion on the contents of the plan and its priorities.” Premier Giuseppe Conte said this at the Fieradel Levante in Bari, speaking of the Mes.
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