"Next Wednesday Ursula von der Leyen will make the Commission proposal, the position of Italy and my person is that this is an important step and the Commission can do even better". This was said by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaking to reporters before leaving the Senate. "In the Franco-German perspective we are talking about 500 billion in grants," compared to loans "is another story. These are crucial days," he underlines.
"We are working on this possibility, it is not the government that decides, it is a shared choice." Then explains to reporters, in the Senate, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaking of the hypothesis of the vote on the Regionals in September.
The session in the Chamber resumes after the suspension for the repeated protests of the opposition during the intervention of the M5s deputy Riccardo Ricciardi who attacked the Lombard health. Oppositions therefore responded to Ricciardi at the center of the speeches by the center-right representatives, including Giorgia Meloni who spoke of the "precise strategy" of the majority. Ricciardi, attacking the opposition, argued that those who attack the government on anti-Covid measures "propose Lombardy as a model". Shouts got up from the center-right benches but Ricciardi insisted: "You, Mr. Prime Minister, had to do as Gallera, who appeared punctually at the press conference, and announced a hospital for which they spent 21 million for 25 patients". A frontal attack which, however, was not appreciated even by all M5S MPs, among whom someone speaks of "excessive tones" by Ricciardi. The accusation of the leader of the Brothers of Italy is answered by Prime Minister Conte. "Each member of parliament expresses his or her opinions. It never happened that I was given an intervention but to say that I shared or instigated is something that speaks for itself". Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says it in response to ANSA, while leaving the Chamber Chamber, on the statements of Giorgia Meloni.
"If the worst is behind we owe it to citizens who have changed their lifestyles." So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the Chamber during the information on the Covid-19 emergency Now, it is a question of "restarting the economic and productive engine after having overcome the most acute phase of the emergency but the challenge is even more difficult". "In this phase, more than ever , respect for safety distances and where necessary the use of masks remains fundamental. It is not the time for parties, nightlife, and gatherings, " says the premier. "With the same determination" used in phase 1 "I believe it is possible, indeed necessary, to make a courageous choice towards a rapid return to normal. We are in a position to face phase 2 with confidence and responsibility"
CONTACTS, TESTS AND TABS - 'The risk of an increase in the contagion curve is calculated' says Conte, who announces that 'from 25 May voluntary serological tests'. "Molecular tests are important at this stage. Free serological tests for 150 thousand citizens for the exclusive purpose of scientific research will start on May 25, " underlines Conte. To do them "an effort will be needed that is based on the work of volunteers in the area" and there will be a national coordination structure ", he continues. " We do not rely only on the self-discipline of individuals, we have defined an articulated system for controlling epidemiological trends. We are strengthening the controls through molecular and serological tests. Italy ranks first for the number of swabs per population", which were equal "up to 3, 17 million to date". Contact tracing is "the second pillar" for epidemiological control in phase 2 and "the government has introduced a discipline to implement the Immun i app in full respect of privacy and national security. Experimentation on this new application will start in the next few days. , the data will only be used for virus traceability ".
THE ECONOMY AND TOURISM - But Phase 2 is above all the revival of the economy . "We are aware that the reopening is not enough to reactivate the engine of the economy and in the face of the shock we need constant , effective action by the State. With the revival dl we have laid the foundations for a restart". For this reason, the Prime Minister, in view of the summer, makes an appeal to the Italians: 'This year, take a vacation in Italy, discover many unknown beauties'. The premier also lists the measures taken to revive the sector such as the 'holiday bonus' and announces the cut of the Imu for hotels. All the more so at a time when tourism, according to Coldiretti's analysis, loses 20 billion.
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"The seriousness of this crisis does not escape me, also evidenced by strong gestures such as the handing over of keys by small entrepreneurs. It is a very tough test from which we will get up quickly if everyone does their part." For example, the premier quotes, "The banking system can and must do more to disburse loans", arguing, among the buzz from the opposition banks, that "loans can be disbursed within 24 hours". "The whole political task is to develop a broad economic and social rebirth program. The first step can only be a drastic bureaucratic simplification. In this regard, we are working on a legislative decree that will introduce many new elements to offer Italy a shock, especially on the theme of infrastructure ". In the decree there will be "a simplified procedure on a list of strategic works with derogatory powers but without this weakening the more rigorous controls that ensure full transparency and avoid mafia infiltrations".
"The simplification decree is the mother of all reforms, it is the turning point." So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the Chamber room talking about the next simplification decree. "If we fail to simplify even now, I doubt that it will be possible to do so in the future, this is the only reform capable of boosting competitiveness," he explains. "Activating the engine of public works is a priority for all the majority forces that support this Executive, and some of them have already developed proposals, which will certainly find ample space in the decree-law, within which a specific section will be dedicated the strengthening of the spending capacity and the acceleration of the shipyards , "explains Conte. "Activating the public works engine is a priority for all the majority forces that support this Executive, but I am convinced that we will also find a dialogue on the oppositions" adds Giuseppe Conte in the Senate report in a passage on the simplifications dl
Finally the school . "The management of the return to school in September will entail huge organization costs and the past few weeks have shown us the importance of increasing the digitization of our institutions and our teaching: for this purpose we allocate 1 billion and 450 million euros in two years for the benefit of the school "concludes the Prime Minister.
Giuseppe Conte has a coughing attack while speaking in the Senate. He intervenes without a mask in a full chamber and covers his mouth with his hand and not, as indicated, with the inside of the elbow. And the protest of the opposition senators starts. "The mask, the mask!" you hear screaming from the center-right benches while applause rises from the majority. Everyone silences President Elisabetta Alberti Casellati: "It is I who have to keep the House and that's it. Agree?". Conte starts talking again, but a few moments later he has a new cough attack. This time he is quick to cover his mouth with his elbow and not with his hand. And he apologizes: "I have throat problems ...".
