Ceremony at Palazzo Chigi for the signing of the memoranda of understanding for the flag projects of 6 Regions. The premier defined the PNRR “a bottom-up plan that needs your contribution – and that of your colleagues – to be successful. It is up to you to plan interventions of strategic importance for the development of your territories. You are the protagonists of the Plan, and the Government wants to support you ».
«The protocols we sign today concern two projects of great territorial and national interest. Both of them systematize various interventions envisaged by the PNRR thanks to the capacity of selection and territorial planning promoted by the Regions “said the premier.
«The project proposed by the Liguria Region serves to create a” Center for Computational and Technological Medicine “. It combines scientific, technological and clinical infrastructures in innovative ways and has the ambition to become a benchmark in the sector. The project of the Piedmont, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Umbria, Basilicata and Puglia regions aims to create green hydrogen production sites in disused industrial areas. It helps to stimulate growth, to create jobs. It brings us closer to our energy and climate objectives, which the Government is determined to maintain and indeed to pursue with ever greater conviction ”, remarked the Prime Minister.
«The flagship projects intend to reward the creative abilities of local authorities, strengthen social and territorial cohesion. Those of today are only the first, which will be followed by others. It will be a great pleasure to present them and make them together », concludes Draghi.
In addition to the President of the Draghi Council, ministers Gelmini, Messa, Speranza, Cingolani, Undersecretary Garofoli are present. For the regions there are the president of Friuli Venezia Giulia Fedriga, of Liguria Toti, of Piedmont Cirio, of Umbria Tesei, of Puglia Emiliano, of Basilicata Bardi.
The pemier then focused on the situation of the former Ilva. “The government intends to bring Ilva back to what it was when it was competitive, it was the largest steel mill in Europe, we cannot afford it not to produce at the levels it is capable of doing, at which it still produces today”.