“We fought in Parliament for over 17 hours to try to stop the reform on differentiated autonomy, but the majority remained deaf and indifferent to the demands on the value of national unity and regional solidarity envisaged by our Constitution, they were more interested in compliance with an internal political agreement which has repercussions on the lives of citizens, including Ligurians already struggling with regional interventions lacking in fundamental sectors such as public health and mobility”. The Ligurian deputy and vice-president of the Democratic Party in the chamber declared this in a note Valentina Ghio. “The battle will not stop here, we will find the most useful democratic channels to say no to discriminatory and penalizing measures for people’s lives and for the growth of the country: yesterday’s packed square in Rome demonstrated and confirmed this,” he concludes Ice.
“It sends the unity of the country to tatters and the regions against each other. In the ‘undifferentiated secession’ approved with a majority tonight by the right in Parliament, each Region is handed over to its own destiny: whoever makes it, good; whoever can’t make it should make do.” So in a note Luca Garibaldi, group leader of the Democratic Party in the Liguria Region Luca Garibaldi, following the declarations of the interim president Alessandro Piana on differentiated autonomy. “The Northern League member Piana has little to celebrate. He rejoices because he is a Northern League member, not for the fate of the Region he temporarily leads – continues Garibaldi. Because, as well as for the country, the differentiated autonomy will also have serious repercussions on Liguria. Let’s take an example: Liguria already has the worst healthcare service in northern Italy, with a 200 million euro hole accumulated in the first three months of 2024 alone. Every year it sees patients and healthcare workers leaving for other regions, which could now offer better contractual conditions for doctors and nurses. With the reform, our public healthcare will be increasingly fragile and citizens will be forced to pay or seek treatment elsewhere. In a region where absolute poverty is growing and inequalities are growing. This applies to healthcare, the environment – in a fragile region like ours – or energy, we are last in Italy for production from renewable sources. In the secession of the rich, Liguria finds itself on the other side, of those who need resources, because they cannot do it alone, starting from the right to health. If solidarity and national unity fail, the country fails, and the right wants to lead us to an increasingly unequal and unjust country. An unacceptable situation against which we will fight in all locations.”
