Regions want a yellow Italy

A fourth band, which is placed under the yellow zone, and that leaves more space to breathe in those areas of the territory where the numbers of the infection are controlled. It is with this proposal that the Regions will present themselves to the Government, which has convened them for tomorrow morning before the whirlwind of meetings that will precede the launch of the next dpcm.

The presidents and their delegates met by videoconference on Monday afternoon to discuss the measures to be adopted as of December 3. It was Giovanni Toti, who as vice president of the Conference of the Regions led the discussion, who already circulated the proposal among colleagues in the last hours, which would include a change of the curfew at midnight and the reopening of bars and restaurants also at night , at least. until 23. This will be one of the two qualifying points in the discussion with the executive, along with the prohibited possibility of prohibiting any type of movement between Regions, a measure that Giuseppe Conte is considering introducing around Christmas and with value for the whole . vacation course. Because even so, the governors would like the possibility of traveling at least between those Regions that are within the same risk range: “We believe that between a yellow and a yellow region, between a red and a red region, we should be able to move now. that the virus circulates in the same way – Toti explained at the end of the meeting – Based on the principle of communicating vessels, we will ask the Government to allow interregional travel. ”Objection also on the total interruption of the ski season. In a document signed by Abruzzo and by the Regions that include the Alpine Arch, it is requested that the ski lifts remain open, limiting their use only to hotel guests and second home owners.

The latter request is unlikely to be accepted, while timid optimism surrounds the first two. Although one of those present at the meeting remembers how “even in the last two dpcm they had presented common sense proposals, which were shot without firing a shot.” It is in the fourth band where the hopes and expectations of the governors are concentrated. Those who appeal to common sense: “We do not necessarily ask that entire Regions have different measures, although it would be logical to expect it – says one of them – It is also possible to carry out targeted measures of openings in more or less extensive territories that do not present risk situations, because there are “. In addition to the logic of common sense, they say, it is inspired by the norm that must provide for movement between territories in the same Regions.

The governors reject the logic of seeing them as “cicadas” in the face of a government of “ants”: “We propose solutions that are the result of knowledge of the territory,” explained those attending the meeting, in which much was discussed about how this range of Hypotheses can marry the need to limit meetings. But they demand, through Toti’s mouth, greater transparency in the decision-making process on the division into bands of the country, as well as “a simplification as has been requested for a long time.”

Conte is expected to meet tomorrow with the heads of delegation together with Roberto Speranza to finalize the final details. Although the curfew and school closings appear to be confirmed until January, work is underway on travel exemptions, which could affect first-degree relatives, couples and partners, even if the Minister of Health is pressing for a more restricted version possible maximum travel.