Stop the Christmas markets: Trento cancels the 2020 edition scheduled for the end of November



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AFTER THE NEW DCPM

For the mayor of the city, the risk of contagion is too high. Next week in a meeting with Governor Kompatscher a decision will be made for those from Bolzano and Merano

say L. Ben.

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(Imagoeconomica)

For the mayor of the city, the risk of contagion is too high. Next week in a meeting with Governor Kompatscher a decision will be made for those from Bolzano and Merano

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At the new DCPM Prime Minister Conte announced last night there is the dthere explicitly at national fairs and festivals. The traditional markets for the next Christmas festivities are not mentioned, although the mayors are authorized to temporarily close streets and squares due to any risk of meetings. However, the increase in the cases of the second wave and the stakes set by the new decree pushed the municipality of Trento to renounce the traditional Christmas market. The 27th edition, which was scheduled to begin on November 21, said Mayor Franco Ianeselli, will not take place.

In fact, it is evident how it is the risk of contagion from the inevitable meetings is too high, given the number of visitors who usually visit the houses in Piazza Fiera from the end of November to the beginning of January. Therefore, it is also out of a sense of responsibility that the city council has evaluated freeze whole one month after departure.

“We also said that we celebrate Christmas as a community, so we could think of other ways, but that there cannot be markets as there have been in recent years seems obvious to me. At the moment it seems unlikely that they will be held, ”says the mayor. Regarding the content of the Dpcm and the possibility of applying restrictive measures, the mayor, who has already issued an order that prohibits the consumption of beverages outside the premises after 10 pm, announces possible extensions: “There is already an ordinance on the prohibition to consume drinks in an area of ​​the city and it will surely expand. Tomorrow we will have to decide whether to expand it only to the limited traffic area or to the entire municipal term “.

Next week will be decisive for the fate of the Bolzano markets
and Merano

The decision of the mayor of Trento to cancel the traditional appointment with Christmas in the square also seems to have taken a step backwards compared to that of Bolzano (the 30th edition should begin on November 26). Mayor Renzo Caramaschi has stated that also for his city “It will be difficult” to carry out the market. “Everything is very complicated – he said – food and drinks that are not consumed are not allowed on the tables, it is difficult to control the distance and the number of people. Next week – he added – there will be a meeting with all the interested parties also from the other markets and with Governor Kompatscher and we will see what can be done ”. Perhaps that is also why the one in Merano, on November 27, which these days reformulated the event with more access restrictions.

The Confesercenti protest

Contrary to the new directives of the DCPM Maurizio Innocenti, president of ANVA (national trade association in public areas) Confesercenti who complains that the new provision that prohibits festivals and fairs is incomprehensible, since it strongly affects one sector, that of Itinerant trade and VAT numbers, already put to the test even after closure and which has implemented, in recent months, all the security protocols to guarantee public health and the work of thousands of activities.

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