Coronavirus, Christmas and New Year shifts: pressing to change the Dpcm. But the government makes a wall



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The idea that could become a parliamentary proposal is to insert the travel ban at the provincial and not municipal level. But Minister Speranza closes: “Confirmed measures”

by Andrea Gagliardi

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The idea that could become a parliamentary proposal is to insert the travel ban at the provincial and not municipal level. But Minister Speranza closes: “Confirmed measures”

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The new Dpcm that came into force on December 3 prohibits any movement in and out between regions throughout the country, from December 21 to January 6. Regulations that become even stricter on December 25 and 26 and January 1, days in which the ban affects travel between one municipality and another. A government decision, strongly backed by the ministers who support the austerity line, Speranza, Boccia and Franceschini, which has sparked protests from those who point out that small municipalities are penalized by law compared to large urban centers. The idea that could become a parliamentary proposal is to insert the travel ban at the provincial and not municipal level. As Stefano Bonaccini said three days ago, “a common sense measure could be found.”

Hope: we confirm the measurements for Christmas

But Minister Speranza is closed to any hypothesis of modification. «The measures are these and we confirm them and the rules remain these. At this point, we cannot afford to travel that is not essential and the message of the Government wants to be this: on the hottest days, where there is a greater risk of increased mobility, we ask people to make a sacrifice ”.

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Provinces of the Union: allow travel between provinces municipalities

However, the pressure is concentric. Starting with the Union of Provinces. «Our proposal is a correction to the latest provisions on Christmas: to allow the possibility of traveling between municipalities in the same province on holidays. It would be a common sense solution, a mediation between security and humanity ”, asks the president of the Union of Provinces, Michele De Pascale.

Salvini: the government agrees to travel within a 50 km radius

Lega leader Matteo Salvini is also pressing, pressing on twitter: “We are trying to convince the government to do as in other countries, so as not to divide Italians. Christmas is not a luxury for the rich: yes to prudence, but no to jail. Being able to leave the municipality itself, for example, within a radius of 50 km would be a common sense measure “

Battle of Piedmont for reunification

And a battle in this regard is being carried out by the president of the Region Alberto Cirio que Piedmont, who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte asking him to allow close relatives who live in small nearby towns to meet at Christmas, Santo Stefano and New Years Eve and that, according to the rules of the last Dpcm, they could not move. “With clear limits and certain rules, security and human values ​​can coexist – stressed the governor. Not only a need for equity for a territory like ours, which has almost 90% of its municipalities with small demographic dimensions, but also for the protection of the fragility of our elders from the weight of loneliness.

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