Inspection by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the areas most affected by the floods in Emilia Romagna in the provinces of Forlì and Ravenna. The premier met the displaced, as well as visiting the damaged companies and businesses.
Prime Minister Meloni on flooded places
"Our job is to guarantee immediate answers, in this regard there is a Council of Ministers convened for Tuesday 23 May". The prime minister said, Giorgia Meloni, after the inspection of the flooded areas of Emilia Romagna. “It was a tragedy, but we can always be reborn strong from crises. It's not the time for the catwalks, I'm moved" Meloni said, apologizing for the "suspense" caused by the fact that no one knew where she was during her inspection in Emilia Romagna. “Our job is to guarantee immediate answers.
I found very proud citizens, who stayed at work and said 'we'll get back on our feet'. Italy in these situations brings out the best face of her. I spoke to the president Bonaccini, with the mayors, with the Civil Protection to understand what should be the priority things ". “I want to thank the Prefect, the Deputy Minister Bignami, the Minister Salvini, the government is there, there are also the other institutional levels, there is a level of collaboration which is very precious in a situation like this”.
Government working to raise funds
"Difficult to make a prediction on the estimate of the damage: I know they are huge. An initial estimate of the damage to the road network has been made, but until we are sure that the situation stops, everything becomes very difficult. In any case, many resources will have to be mobilized and here too the government is already working to understand what the priority situations from which to draw funds can and should be. In the next few hours we will clearly allocate more resources but they are for emergencies.
The European Solidarity Fund is one of the funds that can be used." “The first measures – explained the premier – serve to allocate resources for the emergency and serve to implement all the measures to exempt companies and citizens from paying taxes. To strengthen bureaucracy, to stop all the obligations that people and companies cannot carry out. After that we need to work on compensation, on reconstruction, but this requires a complete estimate and work must also be done that concerns the simplification of procedures ".
Full collaboration with organizations and institutions
“We have to work day by day but here we are. I come from the G7 and independently from the G7, where there was also great availability and great solidarity, there are many colleagues who have written to me in recent days to say 'if you need anything we are here'. So in the next few hours we will try to optimize this availability as well. We have – claimed the premier – one Civil protection extraordinary, at the G7 the president of the International Monetary Fund in front of a series of leaders said Italy has one of the best civil protections in the world if not the best in the world”.
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