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April 08, 2020

The taxation of the Municipalities has drastically reduced and for this reason either "five billion immediately or we are forced to stop the services" arrive. This was stated by the president of the Anci and mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, who abandoned the work of the unified conference together with the Union of Provinces, called today by videoconference, unexpectedly following the developments of the technical-political table.

"The fiscal capacity of the Municipalities is drastically reduced"
"Not by the will of us administrators, nor by the will of citizens and businesses that pay taxes. It is reduced, if not in some cases to zero, due to the situation that has arisen with the blocking of economic activities following the health emergency The effect of this state of affairs is that we have no revenue now and we do not see recovery even in perspective. The government must become aware of this situation and must already meet in the next decree the request of 5 billion that local authorities They have been advancing for some time. We cannot wait any longer: it is a matter of guaranteeing Italian citizens the services that Municipalities provide, starting with public transport and waste collection, "explained Decaro.

"Financial unusability situation"
"The mayors have shown a sense of responsibility and a sense of the institutions they represent, since the beginning of this emergency. We made it well aware that this is what citizens expect from us: loyal collaboration with all the institutions of the Republic. However, our goodwill also stops in the face of the financial disrepair of the Municipalities which prevents us from approving the budgets and continuing to work for our communities. We have so far dealt with the problem without additional resources through the agreements with MEF, Cdp and Abi on mortgage installments, to guarantee liquidity, and an advance of transfers by the government for 4.3 billion. But we cannot go on like this. The possibility for the Municipalities to survive. Without new and immediate resources, we will be forced to stop the services, "concluded the president of the ANCI.