«Immediately after the European elections the path for the reform of the provinces will restart». She stated this on Saturday 18 May Monza The Minister for Regional Affairs Roberto Calderoli: «On the text – he added – there is a fairly transversal sharing, even on the part of those who» in the past it was on other positions. The time needed to reach approval, you hypothesized, could be short and the financing of the re-enhanced intermediate bodies, which has so far blocked the text, could constitute a false problem: «The operation is at no cost – he assured – the resources that will be transferred will be used to finance skills that will no longer be the responsibility of the State or the regions”. The services and support that the provinces will provide to the municipalities «will be an investment, not an expense».
Monza, Minister Calderoli: the Regions and differentiated autonomy
Calderoli in the Maddalena room he recalled the various death threats he received from those who cannot digest thedifferentiated autonomy which should be in the home stretch: it was voted on in the first reading in the Senate on 23 January, it arrived in the Chamber on 29 April, the examination of the amendments should begin after the elections and it should be voted on by June. At that point the individual regions will have to reach an agreement on competences with the State to be managed directly and the negotiation may not be simple.
«I urged them not to ask for all 23 subjects right away – said the minister – the Government will look into them one by one: we will tread carefully. We will carefully evaluate the ability of each entity to acquire very complex functions: it is called differentiated because there are many differences between the territories».
Monza, Minister Calderoli: the subjects and the times
The last to change hands could be the subjects that require the identification of essential levels of performance while the first should be the management of justices of the peace, the protection of the environment and cultural heritage, and the general principles of education. Calderoli is more than skeptical about the latter: «It’s a colossal shit – commented – it will be applied with a grain of salt».
«Certainly – he insisted – someone wants to stop the reform not because they are against the passage of the organization of pac judgesAnd”.
Monza, Minister Calderoli: the south and the equalization fund
The value of the matters that could be decentralized amounts to 170 billion euros «which are now used without control». The south will not be penalizedhe guaranteed, as an equalization fund will be activated: today, he continued, seven regions maintain the other fourteen with the fiscal residue.
«And how – he exemplified – if in a family the parents and five children worked and the others stayed on the sofa playing on the Play Station».
Monza, Minister Calderoli: on healthcare “same services in all territories”
«In the healthcare sector – he explained, touching one of the most delicate keys – all territories will be obliged to provide the same services: patients, consequently, will no longer be obliged to come to the North for treatment. It’s a question of civilization».
Monza, Minister Calderoli: Romeo’s words
«Calderoli has been trying to change the state for thirty years – noted the leader of the League in the Senate Massimiliano Romeo – the differentiated autonomy will be approved because it is in the centre-right program with the premiership, which is the softer version of the presidentialism wanted by the Brothers of Italy, and the justice reform promoted by Forza Italia».
At the debate, moderated by the city secretary of the Northern League Roberta Gremignanithe former minister for disability spoke Erika Stefanithe provincial secretary Andrea Villa and the mayor of Seveso, candidate for the European elections, Alessia Borroni.
