New Dpcm, green light today: what time does it leave and when is Conte’s conference

The summit with the Minister for Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, is still ongoing. Immediately after, point e at 18 Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will speak on television.

But there are still some knots to untie.

am the restaurants the knot that the government still cannot resolve and about which Giuseppe Conte and the ministers have spent two days discussing with the Regions and the Scientific Technical Committee. The Dpcm that the prime minister will sign tonightforesees a firm squeeze to limit meetings and reduce the occasions for living together, which experts believe are at high risk of contagion.

The strictest wing of the executive would like establish a curfew and close restaurants at night, but you are trying to reach an intermediate solution: lower the blinds at 11pm (instead of midnight) or even 10pm, impose a maximum number of six people per table and offering very high fines to merchants who break the rules, such as distancing.

too bars, pubs and other places that will help enliven the nightlife of Italians will be closed sooner, much probably at 9 pm. The Minister of Italia Viva, Teresa Bellanova, fought against these measures that penalize public companies in meetings with Conte.

Still opens the question regarding gyms and swimming pools that – sources from the Ministry of Sports point out to the Ansa agency – as a sector they have faced enormous expenses to adapt their spaces to security protocols, and that no scientific evidence reports outbreaks in relation to individual training in controlled places.

The Dpcm will require that the public administration have employees working in 75 percent (or 70 percent) smart work and this rule will be proposed, as a strong recommendation, also to private companies. The decree will also suspend the face to face meetings, inviting companies, professional offices and any other category of workers to convene meetings by videoconference, limiting live meetings to a minimum.

Meanwhile, the president of Anci Antonio Decaro, Mayor of Bari, calls for immediate action on transport: The Transport Minister says that the supply of public transport cannot be increased further. But the education minister says that to stagger the entry and exit of high school students we must meet with a few thousand school leaders. At this point, we mayors believe that an urgent and national provision on schedules is essential. past time for service conferences and follow-up tables