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Professor Adriano Giannola, the Svimez, of which you are president, presented a bleak picture for the South. The recovery will mainly affect the North, so the gaps with the North regions will increase. Is this the correct reading?
“Unfortunately, this has now become a rule.”
Big works / Richest regions have no priority
A rule?
«Historically, the Mezzogiorno rides less than the filming. But this time, it must be said that we are not facing an economic recession, but a dramatic structural crisis, caused by the blockage of economic activities. The South always struggles to capture the rebound mainly driven by exports.
The southern bloc of economic activities suffered during the first wave of the pandemic, although it was left almost unscathed in terms of health. Is this what you recorded?
“The South could complain of the excessive damage suffered, so to speak, by the excessive prudence shown by the government that has used this draconian criterion.”
If there are damages, there must also be compensation. It usually works like this …
“Sure, there should be compensation. In theory, the different government decrees, up to now, have done nothing more than seek compensation and support, but there is a but ”.
But?
“But compensating the South is a bit more complicated, because with illegal and irregular work the people to compensate are effectively invisible.”
Do bonuses help the North more?
I don’t want to see malice in it. Let’s say it is a fact, structural. How do you compensate those who do not appear? ».
It is true, but today the South can count on income from citizenship.
“In my opinion, even the income should be supplemented with something else.”
What do you need then?
«We need development policies. This small restart, half of what will be recorded in the North, should be one more element to listen to Europe and decide to add the differences with a productive attitude, with tangible and intangible investments where the country needs it most ”.
The government promises that of the 209 billion in the Recovery Fund at least 34% will go to the South, will that be enough?
“It is an evasion of the problem.”
What do you mean?
«In the sense that it is the law that establishes that 34% of the resources go to the South. There shouldn’t even be a statement of intent.
Should something be added to 34%?
“Of course other resources have to be added. The Regional Autonomies Councilor Francesco Boccia in a hearing in Parliament said that in the last ten years the less developed areas of the country have been withdrawn from resources by about 60 billion a year. The local public accounts, if we look at the latest data available for 2018, tell us that for that year the billions have already risen to 64 ”.
How can the South be compensated for this subtraction?
“We certainly cannot ask for compensation to be delivered all at once. But these criteria must be recovered so that the 64 billion more who are entitled to reach the South.
What are these criteria?
«Those foreseen by Law 42 on fiscal federalism and never implemented, that is, that two equalization funds are created in favor of the South: one for infrastructure and the other for citizenship rights. Otherwise, it becomes hypocritical to say that the South does not enjoy the same rights as the North. But talking about equalization has always been taboo.
Could the Recovery Fund, as Minister Boccia said, be an opportunity?
“Yes, it could be used to reduce gaps with northern regions without reducing northern rights. In short, Europe is asking us to do so.
How should recovery money be used in the South?
With a productive project. If I want to rebalance and create special economic zones, invest in ports, etc., I disappoint an economic process that feeds itself. The South must restart faster, because in the end that is what interests the whole country.
Also from the north? Several industrialists argue that we should first invest in the “locomotive” to also pull the rest of the country.
“Look, the North is not doing well at all. If we look at the data for Lombardy or Emilia Romagna compared to European dynamics, they are fun. They lost 30% of GDP per capita compared to the European average. They stole 60 billion a year from the South, destroying its domestic market. If they’re looking for someone to complain to, they should blame themselves. ‘
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