Mattarella, for Regions to implement art. 2-3 Card is a must

"In these 50 years the Regions have established themselves as a fundamental component of the architecture of the Republic. The Regions have proved to be a strong element of cohesion of the Italian people". The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this, recalling how art. 114 of the Constitution, remember that "The Republic is made up of Municipalities, Provinces, Metropolitan Cities, Regions and the State." Precisely for this co-responsibility "in the structure of the Republic" Regions participate in the duty to carry out art. 2 and 3 of the Constitution. It is a collective task, which involves the whole Republic, as an authentic reading of art.118 also tells us where subsidiarity is indicated not only as a method but as a value ", adds Mattarella.

"The EU has shown farsightedness and timeliness" with the Recovery fund but this, "as correctly interpreted", should be considered "not a passage of diligence to draw upon but an opportunity for historic revival for Italy". The President of the Republic says so in his meeting with the regional presidents at the Quirinale.

The Revenue Fund is an "historic revival occasion", an "event not to be missed to affect structural issues with structural reforms and investments, with the recovery of ten-year delays".

In the document presented by the Regions, the concept of "modern and unitary conception of the system of territorial autonomies which shuns all central and regional centralism" is acceptable.

"There is a need to identify with greater precision locations and procedures through which the principle of loyal collaboration, the cornerstone of constitutional jurisprudence, can become more and more the figure of relations between the State, Regions and local Automations. It is important that the political subjectivity of the Regions develops not in contrast with the state political direction but in terms of comparison and cooperation ", affirms Mattarella.

"If the violence of the epidemic appears to have subsided, the need to promote policies consistent with the protection of the health of our fellow citizens and with the needs to relaunch the economy of the country, so severely affected by the consequences of the health crisis, have not ceased" .

"The Plan for Italy, in which the contribution of the Regions is precious, represents an unavoidable commitment". The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella says so in his meeting with the presidents of the Region at the Quirinale. There must be "ways of involvement and collaboration compatible with the pressing urgency of definition. It is an event not to be missed to affect structural issues with commensurate reforms and investments: protection of needs, revitalization of the economy, enhancement of the territories with the recovery of delays decades, they are national priorities to be defined which all the country's institutional and social energies must contribute to. The Italian Republic, strengthened by its consolidated structure and capabilities, will also be able to face this challenge at all levels of government " , points out.

"The reform of Title V represented a coherent development of the constitutional principles. The constitutional legislator provided that the exercise of autonomy conforms to the needs of solidarity and financial equalization between the various territories, recognizing the State's role as guarantor of the uniformity of essential levels of benefits relating to civil and social rights throughout the country ". "Requirements increased by the awareness of the increase in the development gap between the territories and, in particular, between the North and the South of the country. Moreover, solidarity reinforces the duty of a fair, effective and efficient use of resources by all the Regions ", notes the head of state.