the political “case”.
ROME «At the next National Council I will propose the establishment of an observatory on the Regions, made up of group leaders, the regional presidents and the minister Maria Elisabetta Casellati who will have to monitor the progress of the law and check that our agendas voted in parliament are applied. We want to be vigilant.” This was stated by deputy prime minister Antonio Tajani, leader of Forza Italia, in an interview with “La Stampa”: the position of the president of the Calabria region Roberto Occhiuto and the Calabrian delegation of Forza Italia who did not vote for the bill on differentiated autonomy. «There is a need to reassure. I understand very well – continues Tajani – the concerns of the South, but Forza Italia, first in the Senate and then with the agendas approved in the Chamber, has already intervened to improve the law. We had left a sort of freedom of conscience on this issue. The party’s indication was to vote yes, they decided not to vote. But the numbers to approve the bill were there in any case. Concerns have arisen that I understand very well and to which I want to respond. At the next National Council I will propose the establishment of an observatory on the Regions, made up of group leaders, the regional presidents and the minister Maria Elisabetta Casellati who will have to monitor the progress of the law and check that our agendas voted in parliament are applied. We want to be vigilant.” Be vigilant because you don’t trust? «No but – specifies Tajani in the interview with “La Stampa” – we want to dispel concerns and show that the application of differentiated autonomy is a long journey. We are not doing anything against anyone but autonomy must be handled with extreme care taking into account the concerns of the South. We are in government in Lombardy and Piedmont, not in Veneto because Zaia did not want it, but I want to reassure him: we only want to enforce the rules. Forza Italia must guarantee that national unity and the interests of all citizens are protected. The electoral result shows that they are a balanced party from a territorial point of view.”
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