As expected, this morning the Chamber of Deputies gave its green light to the resolution of the majority in relation to the Recovery Plan. The yes, in the classroom, were 442, the no 19. 51 abstained. A vote that came at the end of the reply by Prime Minister Draghi. “I am very sorry for the tight time frame of this discussion”, began the prime minister. “We have taken into account all the observations. And the dialogue did not end there: the contribution that Parliament can still make to the plan is important. Collaboration between the executive and Parliament is essential, and will be in the months to come ”.
“The real challenge as soon as the plan is delivered is to find a way of implementing it”, continued Draghi, “where local administrations and the central government, which are called upon to undertake a large amount of interventions, can find a governance scheme. The key point is not what Palazzo Chigi does, but what committees are formed. The process for the ministries is clear, but the coordination between the government and local authorities, which are the implementers of the plan to which just under 90 billion is destined, is much more complex ”.
The Prime Minister then referred to the scope of the plan, which «allows investments that would have been impossible and unthinkable until a few days ago. It is an investment in the future and in the new generations ». An investment that provides, among other things, “the allocation of 6.3 million for broadband and 5G”.
Young people and women. «We must guarantee welfare, housing and safe employment to young people. I talked about the youth plan, housing and mortgage tax incentives. This plan guarantees the right to education in an equitable and adequate manner, almost a billion for student accommodation, half a billion for scholarships ». The plan, continued the premier, also includes important measures in support of working women. “There are interventions in favor of female entrepreneurs, but above all a full-bodied package to help lighten the family burden that often weighs on the shoulders of women”.
Super bonus. It will be confirmed in 2023, Draghi clarified. For this measure, between Pnrr and the complementary fund, over 18 billion are foreseen, the same resources allocated by the previous government. «The measure is financed until the end of 2022, with an extension to June 2023 for public housing. For the future, the government is committed to inserting an extension to the bonus for 2023 in the 2022 budget bill, taking into account the data of its application in 2021 ”. “The eco-bonus pulls little because the procedures are complex”, explained the Prime Minister, winning the first applause of the classroom, “we will bring important simplifications so that people can really use it”.
Energy transition. “Either we implement the reforms or the energy transition will require … you do the math, more than 30-40 years …” said Draghi. “It is clear that the transition should aim at the use of green hydrogen. it will require unprecedented effectiveness in reaching the targets for the generation of electricity from renewable sources, without which alternative techniques for the generation of the hydrogen vector will have to be considered.The expected target is 72% of global electricity from renewable sources in 2030. It means installing about 70 GigaWatts of renewable power over the next 10 years. The current rate is 0.8 “.
Tourism and culture. The sector will be allocated 8 billion euros. «Interventions are planned for the enhancement of historical and cultural sites aimed at improving safety, accessibility and their attractiveness. There are also investments in digital, to allow the connection of the internal tourist ecosystem and to improve the competitiveness of businesses. “As for Rome, the NRP provides for a specific initiative,” Caput Mundi “worth 500 million euros to finance projects that enhance the historical and cultural heritage of the capital. “They will allow the safety of public places and historical buildings, the digitization of cultural services and the renewal of historical parks and gardens … and I hope not only the historical ones”, underlined the premier.
“If the South grows, Italy grows”. «The growth of the South represents the other priority aspect transversal to the Plan. The potential of the south in terms of development, competitiveness and employment is as wide as its gap from the rest of the country. It is not a question of bell towers: if the south grows, so does Italy. More than 50 per cent of the total investments in infrastructures – above all the high-speed railway and the port system – are directed to the south ».
Tax. «The tax reform is part of that set of reforms which, although not included in the scope of the actions envisaged by the Plan, must accompany its implementation. Tax reform is one of the key actions to respond to the country’s structural weaknesses and in this sense it is an integral part of the recovery that we intend to trigger also thanks to European resources “
Times. “Everything will depend on how well we will be able to respect the schedule of the plan, minimizing delays. The reforms envisaged in the plan are accompanied by indications on the timing ”, concluded Draghi. «We will approve a law decree already in May 2021, with the urgent simplification interventions. This work will continue in a progressive and constant way until 2026 ».
After the words of Draghi, the explanations of vote. Discounted the yes of Pd, 5Stelle and Forza Italia (“We feel your government as our government” declared the leader of FI in the Chamber, Roberto Occhiuto). Luigi Marattin, Renzian deputy and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Chamber returned to office. “A year has passed and we at Iv have not changed our minds”.
“We did not have time to read the most important document in republican history,” Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, argued in the classroom. Is it normal to vote for him in a poke? And the funds for the earthquake have disappeared, 500 million for Rome ‘caput mundi’ are few ”, added Meloni announcing the abstention. To answer the League, through the mouth of the Honorable Molinari. “A short time, it is true, but dictated by Draghi’s seriousness to undertake to present the plan by 30 April”.