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Funds for the flood in Romagna. Q&A between Salvini and Bonaccini at the Rimini Meeting

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Funds for the flood in Romagna. Q&A between Salvini and Bonaccini at the Rimini Meeting

What Salvini announced at the Rimini Meeting and what Bonaccini said to Start Magazine during the ciellina event on flood funds in Romagna

"In September, the first money must be disbursed to municipalities, families and companies because we cannot wait any longer". The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Matteo Salvini asks General Figliuolo, commissioner for floods in Romagna, to speed up the process of distributing funds to those who have lost their homes and to farms that have seen their land flooded. “I heard General Figliuolo – said Salvini, a guest at the Rimini Meeting -. I asked him to speed up and simplify as much as possible because there are still 8,000 families out of the house due to the flood and I think it is a civic duty to do the impossible so that these families can enter their homes as soon as possible and farmers and traders can return to operate as soon as possible".

BONACCINI: “SALVINI SAYS THE FUNDS ARE COMING. BUT WHAT FUNDS?”

If the minister's words are very clear, his actions would not be the same. The criticisms come to Minister Salvini from Stefano Bonaccini , governor of the Emilia Romagna Region, heard during the Rimini Meeting. “Minister Salvini talks about funds, but which funds? Now I'll explain how the funds work – Governor Bonaccini told Startmag -. To date, there are just over four billion euros for Emilia-Romagna. Because there is a part that is rightly for Marche and Tuscany. And they are for the next three years. The damages amount to about nine billion . I point out that, due to the earthquake, the government knows that seven previous governments, from Monti onwards, then Monti, Letta, Renzi, Gentiloni, Conte I, Conte II and Draghi, have guaranteed that those who have had their homes destroyed have received the 100% of the data, those who had the shop, the artisan workshop, the industry affected received 100% of the damages reimbursed. The whole Public Administration, governed by the centre-right, the centre-left, the civics have had their schools, town halls, theatres, sports facilities 100% repaired. There were 12 billion euros in damages, the second most disastrous earthquake in the history of Italy, we built practically important. So much so that I am still Extraordinary Commissioner for the reconstruction of the earthquake and at the end of the year I will not ask for extensions because in practice there is now 5% left to finish and it will continue on its own feet”.

BONACCINI: "I TELL SALVINI THAT MANY COMPANIES HAVE FINISHED THE WORKS AND MUST BE PAID"

During the earthquake in Emilia the damages were, therefore, fully covered. “We are now less than half resourced. But not only that, of the seven billion, two are for infrastructure, but they must be payable in order to be turned off, because more than half a billion euros have been spent to date, of which only 200 million came initially from the Civil Protection fund. Many businesses that have already finished sub-urgent work have to be paid. So the resources are there but it would be necessary for the municipalities to be able to proceed with tenders, because we are at the end of August and it is necessary not to open the construction sites within the year, but to finish them so that an ordinary phenomenon does not produce extraordinary damage ".

FLOOD: 1.2 BILLION NOT SPENT, BONACCINI REQUESTS THAT THEY BE REASSIGNED

Among the other funds available, Governor Bonaccini recalls 1.2 billion for social safety nets. “900 million euros have arrived from the Ministry of Labor for social shock absorbers but only 30 have been spent, here, as in Emilia, if companies can open they stay open. So it is not true that the Commissioner has 4 billion at his disposal. Then there are another 300 million from Minister Tajani's export fund , only which go to the affected companies that had a significant part of their turnover in exports – adds Governor Bonaccini addressing his invective to Minister Salvini-. Do you know how many companies are in that condition? 1%, a maximum of 2% of all businesses affected and a few tens of millions of euros have been used. Therefore, in the letter I sent to the Prime Minister, I asked that the billion that was not spent be placed at the disposal of General Figliuolo". To date, according to what Governor Bonaccini said, the families affected by the flood have not received anything, "except 3,000 euros in the current account when the undersigned decided, together with the head of Civil Protection Curcio, to experiment with a procedure never tried in Italy". A procedure that provides for the self-report of damages, the subsequent verification by the mayor and the payment of resources. "In fact, 13,000 families have already received those resources but they are only 3,000 of the first 5,000".

BONACCINI: "THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT THE DAMAGES AMOUNT TO 8.5 BILLION EUROS"

Bonaccini wonders about the origin of the funds arriving to the flooded families in Emilia. “How will the government be able to guarantee 100% reimbursement of the damages as it promised – asks Bonaccini -? Four billion euros should not be put in for the next three years but nine. At the moment, the damage to families and businesses, quantified in the report that the government sent to Brussels a few days ago, to ask for access to the European Solidarity Fund, the government indicates 8.5 billion euros in damages. I'm not saying it, so you see that the numbers also coincide".

REFUNDS TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR CAR IN THE FLOOD

Bonaccini also recalls the other proposals made in support of the Romagna population. “We proposed activating the tax credit but the government didn't want to. We used it and it worked great”. To this "no" the Region offers an answer that comes from the culture of concertation. “In addition, on Monday we will propose a resolution which provides that the region, together with the municipalities and the trusts of economic associations, will open a fund which, with the resources left over during the pandemic, will allow those who want to access a loan of up to 50 thousand euros. , to have zero interest rates for 18 months”. Furthermore, half of the "50 million donations" will be used to reimburse the scrapping of cars of those who do not have insurance that covers it and up to 5,000 euros in damages to anyone who has had their car scrapped".

EVERY EURO THAT ARRIVES IN EMILIA ROMAGNA RETURNS TO THE STATE WITH INTEREST

“The relationship with Commissioner Figliuolo is excellent, on the 31st in a few days, together with 60 social partners in Emilia-Romagna – added Bonaccini -, because they didn't ask me to meet everyone together in general as we are used to doing”. In conclusion, the governor recalled that the resources obtained from the territory after the earthquake were "returned" with interest. “Every euro goes back with interest in the state coffers – concludes Bonaccini -. During the earthquake a strip of land was hit which produced 1.9% of the entire Italian GDP, after a few years it had risen to 2.4%: more jobs, more businesses, more taxes for the state”.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/energia/fondi-per-lalluvione-in-romagna-botta-e-risposta-fra-salvini-e-bonaccini-al-meeting-di-rimini/ on Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:47:33 +0000.