Controversy between Flavio Briatore and the Green Angelo Bonelli, who attacks the owner of Twiga accusing him of having been helped by the government for the concessions of the beaches on which his bathing establishment in Versilia stands. For Bonelli, the 5% cut in the fee for the maritime state concession "wanted by Salvini is a slap in the face to Italy. Briatore and Santanchè's Twiga pays the state a ridiculous amount of 20,10 euros every year, compared to a turnover of almost <> million. The Meloni government wants to privatize and cement the last free beaches and protect the privileges of those bathing establishments, including those of Briatore and Santanchè."
Briatore doesn't fit in. In a video message, he urged his followers not to vote for Bonelli. "These people are useless, they are about one hundred and fifty thousand euros a year in salary paid by Italians, literally thrown away, they are green branches, not even good for making fire. They have a short circuit in their heads, they are defeatists who would like us all ruined, they are runaways," Briatore adds, pointing out that "people like Bonelli have never worked, they don't know what a job interview means, they don't know what it means to train people. They have no idea what it's like to work." Hence, a "piece of advice" to the AVS deputy: "Come and work with us for three months. Then he will realize what it means to work."
Bonelli's reply was not long in coming. "The point is not whether Briatore employs 180 people, so be it. The question is not whether it has a turnover of 10 million euros. It can bill a lot more as far as I'm concerned. The issue, which he does not say, is that he pays the Italian state only 20 thousand euros a year for the Twiga beach. A real gift, to those who are millionaires, is unacceptable. These patriots who say 'let's defend Italy' and then take up tax residency in Monte Carlo. Here are the patriots of the Meloni government, the patriots of FDI." And he recalls: "to pay for my studies in the evening I worked as a waiter", and then swears that he will never set foot in the Twiga: "Let him come here to Parliament. I prefer the lido of Ostia to the baths of the rich." Shortly after, a controversial backtrack: I accept Briatore's proposal to work at Twiga compatibly with my parliamentary commitments, and we will see each other this summer at Twiga. But I accept on one condition, that he bring his residence back from Monte Carlo to Italy so that he can pay taxes in the country where he was born."
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