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05 July 2020 An invitation to everyone, and in particular to Confindustria leader Carlo Bonomi, to "measure the words", a suggestion to the Democratic Party to better represent the needs of the North and Conte to be faster. In an interview with the press, the president of Emilia Romagna Stefano Bonaccini indicates the priorities for tackling the crisis and restarting the country. "For months - he affirms answering a question on Bonomi's high tones - I preach the measure also in words. To all: social and political parties. As a country-system we have faced the pandemic better than many western countries, starting with the ones led by authoritarian and populist leaders, who have come to deny the evidence of the pandemic. But now we must avoid the economic pandemic. Three pillars to start from: access to credit, a great investment plan ".

"The government -he adds -must help us with the release of motorway concessions because if we say that investments are needed to open construction sites, it is a bit curious that with billions of euros already ready and projects already approved, there is a back and forth lasting months. And again: I want to see who takes responsibility for rejecting the 36 billion euros without conditionalities that come from Europe for health. It has already been calculated that with those investments some points of GDP would be recovered. We need a gigantic plan to investments, but immediately: construction, construction sites, public works, fight against hydrogeological instability, school construction ". "The government points out - it has passed the pandemic phase well, now the real litmus test of its estate is what it will face the hot autumn". 

Focusing on relations with the leader of the Democratic Party Zingaretti, Bonaccini highlights: "We must all work to strengthen the Democratic Party, the pivot of the government. Because strengthening the Democratic Party strengthens the government". "I would never allow myself to put my secretary and my community in difficulty. For how I am made, how I grew up. But I am one who always says what he thinks: today the Democratic Party must have a clear reformist identity, still representing more - I say this for my territorial experience - the demands of the North of the country. I have no doubts that without the South this is a country without a great future. But in this dramatic moment, the part of the country that produces more than half of the GDP, needs to start again immediately ".

And regarding his future choices Bonaccini underlines: "In my life I have had several party experiences, even if in these years I think I have strengthened the profile of government: otherwise I believe that I could not have confirmed myself at the helm of the Region, a challenge that almost everyone gave up. A victory for many: I put my credibility as a man of government, who thought about things to do and not to fight against something or someone. I want to be
useful to my part to build a new center-left force field. "