Meloni: 'On the PNRR the government will respect the times'

"Our plan is the largest in Europe, and its revision requires careful verification to avoid the risk of doing hastily. The deadline to propose changes is 31 August 2023 and Fitto is working with the European Commission and individual administrations to ensure the full implementation of the interventions. We are in the times." So the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, to the Messaggero. "This is demonstrated by the fact - he says - that to date only 5 States have presented the proposal to revise the Plan with the integration of the REPowerEU. We will do everything there is to do to get these resources to the ground, in a useful and efficient way." Meloni points out that in Italy "spending power is a historical problem. Merging the delegation of the PNR to that of Cohesion Policies stems precisely from this need: to ensure greater synergy between the different sources of funding, both to ensure that the money is actually spent but also to privilege quality measures capable of strengthening competitiveness and having effects on GDP".

"Securing Italy is an epochal challenge. We are unfortunately suffering decades of missed choices and delays and the mistaken idea that the care of the territory was not a strategic investment. We need to change the paradigm." This was stated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, interviewed by Il Messaggero. On the commissioner, he adds, "we will evaluate the skills and choose the most suitable profile".

Faced with the flood "the Government gave an immediate response" continues Meloni retracing the measures put in place so far: "We are aware that it is not enough, and we are already working on measures on reconstruction. No one has a magic wand but the time has come to imagine a completely new model that knows how to make all the administrations involved more responsible and allows the necessary works to be carried out, quickly and well. And to understand that there are interventions that can no longer be postponed or blocked by bureaucracy or by a certain ideologized ecologism". Regarding the collaboration with Bonaccini, the premier says: "Parties are one thing, institutions another. It is therefore a duty to work together to solve citizens' problems. There is nothing exceptional in what we are doing with President Bonaccini and I am surprised that anyone could think otherwise. In this emergency, also from the productive categories, the unions and the various institutional levels, excellent signals have arrived. This is the right way. I am an extremely concrete person: I am interested in the result, solving a problem and listening to anyone who has good ideas. And this applies to every dossier: every common-sense proposal will always be welcomed". Regarding the figure of the commissioner, Meloni replies: "Right now my main problem is not who spends the money but finding it, understanding the things to do and understanding what procedures need to be improved to give immediate answers. When the time for reconstruction comes, we will deal with who will be the commissioner."