Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held a briefing first in the House and then in the Senate on the Coronavirus emergency and the measures taken by the government.
In the House the opposition protested because the prime minister did not wear a mask but the president Roberto Fico recalled the decision of the group leaders according to which the safety distance from the government benches is respected and therefore you can not put the mask unlike what has been decided in the event that we speak from the Members' benches.
" We are facing an emergency that has no precedence in the history of the republic , we are forced to reconsider life models, to redress our values, to rethink our development model. These are days in which the debate, even critical, on decisions is lively The vivacity reveals the strength and vitality of our democratic system, "says the Prime Minister in the information in the Chamber.
"The government has always understood the gravity of the moment and for this reason it has never intended to proceed extemporaneously, improvised: there has been an accurate balance of all the interests and values involved, most of which are constitutional ".
"Ancient philosophy, from Plato to Aristotle , distinguished doxa , understood as opinion, belief fueled by sensitive knowledge, epistème , knowledge which instead has firm scientific bases". Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says this in the briefing to the Chamber in a brief "excursus" on Greek doctrine, in the passage in which he explains the scientific bases of the government's choices on phase 2. "I would say categorical imperative for a government called to face this emergency , such a complex challenge, a government that must protect the health and life of citizens in the face of such a concrete and insidious threat, to base their own decisions, not the free and changing opinions that follow one another and that sometimes prevail in the public opinion, but the recommendations are the result of thoughtful research and reflections by qualified exponents of the scientific world ", he underlines.
On the Coronavirus measures there was "a broad discussion with the members of the government, majority forces, social partners and local authorities gathered in a control room. Parliament was also constantly and dutifully informed ".
"Parliament, I am certainly not the one to remember it, has all the tools to direct and control the action of the government . The government will always be very attentive to the contributions that the Chambers will want to make. It will be even more attentive in the second phase since May 4, with the progressive easing of the measures and the return to life ", underlines Conte in his information.
"The government immediately adopted an approach of merit and method that provides for a constant comparison with the CTS " in order to follow "a principle of scientific knowledge in its decisions". Conte stresses that "knowledge has a solid scientific basis". "It is a categorical imperative for a government that must protect the lives of citizens to lay the foundations of its decisions not on the free opinions that follow one another but on the recommendations of qualified exponents of the scientific world", he adds.
The one put in place "is a way to better start our economy without setbacks in the future. A non-gradual and careless approach would lead to a resurgence of contagion".
"We cannot allow the efforts made to be in vain due to imprudences made in this delicate phase. Any undulating attitude , such as moving from the policy of" close everything "to" reopen everything ", would risk irreversibly compromising these efforts".
"The DEF updates the picture in light of the emergency: the GDP from 0.6 undergoes a significant contraction of 8%, a forecast that discounts the fall of GDP by 15% in the first quarter" and a rebound is expected with "a growth of 4.7 in 2021 ". In the Def even worse scenarios are foreseen "with the risk of a persistence of the virus" and this would lead to a contraction of the GDP of up to -10.4% . Numbers that "measure the gravity of the scenario".
"At the end of the two weeks (foreseen by the Dpcm of 4 May, ed.) We will have a clearer picture and we can proceed with a further relaxation of the containment measures". The premier Giuseppe Conte says it in the information to the Chamber. " If the contagion curve does not increase in the next few days, we will further loosen the measures by ensuring the safe opening of the retail trade, catering and personal services," he adds.
" The recent report of the Technical Scientific Committee that has been mentioned is not secret, it was published in the newspapers, and today it will be illustrated by Professor Brusaferro". Before his speech by the deputies Maurizio Lupi and Maurizio Molinari, the request had been made, addressed to the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico, to make the document available.
The premier assures that "there will not be a plan left to the improvised initiatives of individual local authoritiesbut based on scientific findings. Initiatives involving less restrictive measures are not possible, because in contrast with national rules, therefore they are to be considered illegitimate in all respects.
"" The first law decree "on economic measures" will take over all the measures of Cura Italia, will prolong them and will strengthen . There will be € 25 billion for job support and income support measures such as layoffs, compensation for domestic workers and carers.
"" We will also give recognition for the provinces most affected by Covid-19 . "The calculation of the measures for companies in next decree will be "15 billion", underlines Conte.
"In the next few hours the Minister of Health will issue a provision to define criteria and specific alarm thresholds for an accurate assessment of the tendency to spread in each area of the country. Once these criteria are defined, it will also be possible to loosen the restrictive measures limited on a territorial basis, where the epidemiological situation appears less critical. "
Still speaking of the next economic decree, Conte stresses that" for tourism, a particularly exposed sector , there will be support tourism businesses and families under certain income thresholds with a bonus to be spent in the country's accommodation facilities ".
" The government intends to dedicate to families the space they deserve in the next measures. It will be crucial to prepare and support territorial projects, also protecting the right to play, to physical activity, without compromising the rules of social distancing, "says Conte." I share the urgency of rethinking educational spaces in a dilated form, "he explains.
" Specific attention must be paid to the issue of disability , also from an economic point of view. "
The government will provide for" the use of simplified authorization procedures for a sample of works, it is a further guideline of action that we will already take in the next steps. A great role can be played by the coordinated action of large publicly owned companies.
"" We also plan to recover an overall enhancement of tax deductions in favor of construction and sustainability . We are studying an articulated mechanism that allows citizens to benefit from discounts equal to the almost total cost of works on anti-seismic and energy efficiency works ", underlines Conte in his information to the Chamber.
Then regarding the dpcm for Coronavirus:" Not I am unaware of the significance of the findings of the legal reserve and of the principle of legality that the Constitution lays at the bulwark of the person. But those principles have been neither neglected nor weakened. On January 31, the state of emergency of national significance was approved from which precise legal consequences derive as required by the civil code "." To this were added two decrees that offer legislative coverage.
"" To offer the country a broader perspective structural and ambitious, the government intends to present in the next few days a second decree-law for the economic and productive revival of Italy. "The premier says speaking of" drastic simplification ". There is" the urgency "of" reactivating investments public and private with a public agenda that must set up a regulatory environment as favorable as possible "starting from" infrastructure, green and digital innovation ".
" It will be necessary to evaluate the possible reopening, in an experimental way, of kindergartens and kindergartens, in addition to summer camps and other recreational and educational activities for our children ".
" Specific attention must be paid to the issue of disability . Even from an economic point of view. As for the last Dpcm we have planned and worked with the associations, a reopening of the so-called semi-residential day centers. Obviously, all with protocols that will be signed at the level of territorial pacts in order to guarantee people with disabilities, their family members and all operators who work with them, maximum security ".
Villages, Conte tyrant? No otherwise sincere -" The lawyer Count tyrant or dictator? No gentlemen is much less, it is a differently sincere man. After months he arrives in the cities of the North like a thief, without notifying anyone ". Claims Borghi, deputy of the League during his speech after the information by Prime Minister Conte.
Meloni, Italy is not a reality show, now enough -" Even today he came to inform Parliament last of his unquestionable decisions. This is no longer tolerable. I say it calmly: we allowed it at the beginning but three months after the declaration of the state of emergency there is no longer any reason to continue with these methods, unless the government intends to use this emergency to increase its personal visibility " Fi leader Giorgia Meloni said it in the Chamber where she adds: "This is not a reality show".
