In the calendar of reopening, which starting tomorrow sees the gradual easing of restrictions for bars, restaurants, swimming pools, gyms and shopping centers, there is no “discos” item. “We need graduality”, the Prime Minister Draghi limited himself to commenting on the sidelines of the decisions taken by the control room that will unblock Italy in the weeks to come.
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Today, to rekindle a minimum of hope for the managers of the premises, the Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti intervened. “Using the green pass to access the disco or dance halls could be the only escape from an indefinite situation that risks being devastating” said the minister, who at the presentation of the Fipe Confcommercio 2020 restaurant report explained how, although generally opposed to the “green certificate”, this “can be fine in some situations”. Discos and dance halls, in fact. The concept on which the minister beats is “certainty”: “The government has tried to make decisions that would allow entrepreneurial activity to be given a perspective.”
Giorgetti’s statements follow the promise of the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini: “The League does not give up, we will use the next few days to continue to ask for more courage in the choices and try to anticipate the reopening”.
“The sector of discos and other entertainment venues is exhausted”, declared Filippo Grassi, president of the Italian Federation of Public and Tourist Operators. “For this reason we have written a letter to the Technical Scientific Committee, to ask for an urgent meeting in order to deepen the guidelines that we intend to adopt for the sector, a fundamental sector for the economic and social development of our country”.