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13 November 2019The exceptional high tide wave that submerged Venice is also affecting politics and its choices in these hours, but it is also leading to controversy and stances. So much so that the meeting of the Council of Ministers and the government summit set for tomorrow afternoon seem to be destined to slip, perhaps on Friday. Among the motivations, as we learn from government sources, is the fact that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has decided to personally follow the bad weather emergency, in Venice, where it should remain until tomorrow.cabinet
However, the Undersecretary of the Economy, Pier Paolo Baretta, spoke of the Council of Ministers scheduled for tomorrow, on the sidelines of a conference organized by social security itineraries at Cnel: "Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will examine a measure in support of Venice affected by the In addition to the urgent measures, the Mose must be completed as quickly as possible so that there is this additional element of defense ". Baretta then added that questions such as the suspension of taxes and mortgages for the population affected by bad weather will also be discussed.
M5s: "Venice is proof of the League's failure"
"We are close to the Venetian citizens who are suffering enormous damage due to a wave of extraordinary bad weather, but also because of a policy that in the past few years has done nothing to prevent such situations. While in Venice two people are already dead and the same Basilica of San Marco is at risk, the party that has governed the Veneto for years has the courage to do political controversy against the 5 Star Movement. In these hours, in fact, Salvini himself accuses the Government of doing more damage than hail, but he should to know it well: it is precisely because of the failed political management of the League if today the Venetian citizens find themselves in this situation and would do well to apologize to them. But there is no time to waste with the controversy, we leave them to the League. put a moratorium on mortgages for businesses, traders and families, who are asking for it. We will support Venice and its citizens by any means ". Thus, in a note, Luca Sut, spokesman for the 5 Star Movement in the Chamber and head of the Production Activities commission.
Leu: "Italy of the Green new deal declares climate emergency"
"The government has repeatedly declared its intention to pursue a Green new deal and would like sustainable development in the Constitution. If this executive really wants to be a turning point, it can and must put Italy at the forefront of sustainable development and in the fight against climate change, starting with the declaration of a state of climate emergency and a financial company that begins to gradually cut subsidies that are harmful to the environment, to raise the ridiculous concession fees for public goods such as water, quarries, or beaches , and to reshape the VAT by keeping it lower for less polluting products.The urgent need to act in this direction reminds us dramatically of the wave of bad weather that is lashing Italy causing victims and serious damage even to our cities of art , like Venice and Matera ". Thus the deputy Leu, Rossella Muroni, on the new energy investment strategy of the EIB. "For this reason, I have filed a motion for months to declare the climatic state of emergency that will go to the Chamber next week and that commits, among other things, the government to accelerate the energy transition and achieve a wide-ranging Green new deal that promotes the ecological conversion of our society and our economy ", he adds.
Greenpeace: "Enough hypocrisy, urgent action is needed"
"The wave of extreme climatic events that are affecting large parts of Italy from north to south in these hours is not bad weather, but the consequence of the ongoing climate crisis. And what is happening in Venice is, unfortunately, nothing but a dramatic example of the emergency that we already experience every day on our skin, "says Luca Iacoboni, head of the Energy and Climate campaign of Greenpeace Italy. Greenpeace asks the Italian government to immediately provide support to those affected by these extreme events and to work effectively on the causes of climate change, starting with a rapid change in national energy plans. In particular, the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan that the government is carrying out - and which will be approved by the end of the year - foresees a massive use of gas for decades to come. Doing so would aggravate the climate crisis, because gas is part of the problem and not of the solution, as government and large companies in the sector are trying to believe. "If politicians and large companies will only continue to make statements, without putting in place concrete actions, they will be held responsible for the intensification, in frequency and violence, of events like those we are registering in these hours. The climatic emergency we are facing has I need true courage, not hypocritical words and façade provisions, "concludes Iacoboni.
Borrelli: "Securing the territory"
"I would not let my guard down and I would not raise the white flag. From the beginning of the year there have been 174 events in Italy that have caused damage, injuries and deaths, we are already 33 dead. We have to work to secure the territory. I want to remember that, if we recorded only one person dead, it is because the civil protection system worked ". This is how Angelo Borrelli, head of civil protection, called RaiNews24 from Venice, hit by the wave of bad weather. "I came here promptly, we had coordination meetings, now we are handling sludge and water removal, but a further tidal wave is expected," he added.
Salvini
"A heritage of humanity that the government cannot ignore: for the damage caused by bad weather in Venice, one of the three billion that the government would like to give to those who pay by debit or credit card is immediately used" Thus the secretary of the League Matteo Salvini announces another amendment to the maneuver along with the proposal to allocate 100 million for the maintenance of the Mose. "Instead of slapping and doing more damage than hail the CDM gives answers, find two minutes to respond to the Italians who are underwater".
League: "Europe intervenes urgently"
The dramatic wave of bad weather that hit Venice, a world heritage city, requires urgent action by Europe which, through the activation of the European Solidarity Fund and all the possible extraordinary financial instruments provided for emergencies of this type , quickly make available all the resources necessary to help the city and the Venetians. There is not a minute to lose because, as Veneto Governor Luca Zaia said, we are talking about an apocalyptic and total devastation, with 80% of the city of Venice ended up under water and with very heavy and incalculable damages to the fabric economic and historical, cultural and architectural heritage unique in the world ", declared the Euro MP from the League, Mara Bizzotto, who in Europe has already followed the mobilization of the Fsue for the 2010 flood in Veneto and for the storm Vaia del 2018.
"Stop the controversy"
"Venice ended up under exceptional high water, but the entire Veneto coast was plagued by bad weather, from Caorle to Polesine. With the sea entering the hinterland several meters. An immediate response is needed in front of this calamity" . Roberto Caon, a deputy of Forza Italia, declares. "In cases like these - continues Caon - the country system must be able to react efficiently and show the affected citizens that they are not alone. This is why I hope that for one day all Venetian parliamentarians will be able to put aside the controversy and loudly ask for an urgent intervention by the government towards all the affected areas. For my part all solidarity goes to the Venetians, to the mayor Luigi Brugnaro, and to all the other Venetians who are already working to return to normal ".