The Council of State confirmed the expiry of the beach concessions: “Stop the exemptions, we’re going to tender”. Concerned associations. The extension of the beach concessions to 31 December 2024 is illegitimate and the tenders must be carried out immediately. The seventh section of the Council of State reiterated this with a ruling filed yesterday, number 3940/2024, which represents a new chapter in administrative justice.
The ruling underlines that the beach resource “is scarce”, contrary to what the government claimed in the mapping sent to Brussels and brought due to the failure to apply Bolkenstein. A cold shower for operators in the sector
“They are doing everything possible to defend the category of seaside resorts and instead those who should do something are going around holding rallies. A lot of chatter also because you as a politician have a tool to act if you want against the Council of State and you are not doing so. I’m talking about the fact of challenging, as happens, the sentences of the Council of State or of the Supreme Court because they have invaded the competence of Parliament. This has not been done for the beach resorts and today they are filling us with chatter”. These are the words of Riccardo Padovano in a double role: as seaside professional and president of SIB Abruzzo CONFCOMMERCIO Pescara.
“In the next few days we will make known other initiatives that we have decided to organize and I repeat what we said in Rome. We trusted the State. And the State and the Government have seduced and abandoned us. We will organize Republic Day on 2 June We are already organizing it. I hope – concludes the president of Sib Abruzzo – that in the next few hours there will be a surge of coherence and seriousness. Do your duty for the companies and for the families and workers who are behind these companies. Do your duty also in the interests of this country which risks being blown up by political chatter.”
