Return to federalism, a possible redemption weapon also for Southern Italy
For years there has been talk of constitutional reforms centered on federalism. Historic workhorse of the League, over time it has proved to be a topic capable of garnering a large mass of consensus even among citizens and exponents of other political areas. One of the main arguments used by opponents of federalism is the protection of the economy and social stability of the southern regions.
Also recently we have seen the allocation of millions of euros for some cities, especially Rome and Naples, in order to avoid a complete bankruptcy. Pure welfare that does not involve any social benefit, weighing at the same time on the state accounts and on the pockets of the citizens of the rest of the nation, and in fact excluding any possibility of reversal by the distressed municipalities and regions.
In this sense, the federalist hypothesis could prove to be decisive, based on merit: money would no longer be withdrawn from the coffers of some regions to compensate for the economic deficits of others. The impossibility of receiving non-repayable economic aid, children of an obsolete and welfare vision, could favor the assumption of responsibility of the ruling classes and citizens in certain contexts of our peninsula.
A drastic but necessary solution to revive the fortunes of Southern Italy, which today seems destined to remain the weak link in the national production chain, clinging to too many social groups to exclusive visions of convenience and parochial justifications. A shameful habit that hurts and indignates the many southerners who do not resign themselves to this prospect, believing that the South can and must align itself with the efficiency standards of the rest of the country. Therefore, it is even more necessary to resume the federalist battle, alongside a rhetoric of duties, equal to and no less than that of rights, throughout Italy.
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