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14 July 2020I Benetton out of Autostrade management. After the change of pace on the Aspi dossier, Giuseppe Conte 's goal is above all this. And today the dossier arrives today in the Council of Ministers, with an information from the premier and a meeting that promises to be high voltage. The session was scheduled for 11 a.m. but was postponed to 10 p.m. tonight after communications by the Health Minister Roberto Speranza to the Chamber, which are scheduled for 8 p.m. "There will be information" on the Autostrade dossier, explained yesterday on premier, adding that "it is a decision that must involve the whole government".

Conte puts on the table the concrete possibility of the revocation but the risk of the count is around the corner. Because the Aspi dossier reopens the gap between Conte and Iv. "No to populist slogans, revocation is easy to say, difficult to do," says Matteo Renzi. But between the head of government and Atlantia, the holding company that manages 88% of Autostrade's shares is an open conflict. For the hard line, in addition to Leu also the Pd: "The letter from ASPI is disappointing, the Prime Minister's remarks are right", says the secretary Dem Zingaretti who asks for a corporate structure that sees the state at the center of a new shareholding. Yesterday, meanwhile, the Benetton reply arrived: "We have always respected the institutions: when in the past it was urged to join different companies as it is today", this is the message filtered by environments close to entrepreneurs.

Cancelleri (M5S): "Commissioning is the only way to start revocation"
"It is the only way to start revocation" So Giancarlo Cancelleri, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, (M5S) a short while ago on Rai Radio1 within Radio me too answering a question about the commissioner's hypothesis. The commissioner, continues Cancelleri, "occurs through the revocation of Aspi so that not even a job is lost. The company would continue to work through a government commissioner. Then the concession is banned. Then there is the issue of controls of security. We as M5s are proposing that Anas only take over the part of security checks. "

Mion: "Our duty is to defend companies"
"what happened, the collapse of the Genoa bridge, the victims and the suffering caused, what emerged after the tragedy, makes the position of the Prime Minister understandable. However, it is our duty to defend the two companies, Aspi and Atlantia, and their employees, financiers and shareholders. I hope that a fair solution can be found in the interest of all: citizens, workers, savers and investors ". The president of Edizione, Gianni Mion declares it. 

Rosato (Iv):" Revocation like a boomerang, I count with Italians "
" The litigation is likely to be an extraordinary gift to the Benettons. If they win, the Italians will pay, and not Alessandro Di Battista. "Ettore Rosato, vice-president of the Chamber and coordinator of Italia Viva, on the eve of the CDM on motorways, says it in an interview with Corriere della Sera." includes scrolling through the agencies - said Rosato - tomorrow (today, editor's note) there will be an information from President Conte "," two years have passed and the point still seems to be a message that serves to gain consensus, not to solve the problem. We would not have had all the Ligurian roads blocked, if these two years had not been lost in search of likes. "On the attitude of Italia Viva, however, he says:" We will reiterate our positions "," it is worth embarking on a dispute with the risk high to lose to the state? Is it worth losing credibility with international investors? I would say no. Therefore, the Atlantia theme is not the Benettons to which we do not want to make any discounts.

"" It is the key relationship - he explains - of those who come to invest in our country. All the more so in a time of economic crisis like the one we are experiencing. Here, our first concern should be to relaunch the job, not the lawyers' office ". To Conte," we will say this: we are avowedly against starting a losing path for the state ", but" we are not defending Autostrade ".

Bettini (Pd ): "Right withdrawal but with complex consequences"
"I reassure Minister Paola De Micheli with such friendship and consideration. The opinions I have expressed on the Autostrade affair are absolutely personal. I never speak on behalf of the Democratic Party; it has its secretary and its leading groups to decide." So Goffredo Bettini, Pd executive on Facebook. "I repeat that the reasons for a revocation of the concession would all be there. However - adds Bettini - this decision would entail complex consequences in various directions. This is why I rely on the thoughtful decision of Prime Minister Conte, who expressed opinions very similar to mine, and the government as a whole. I'm sure any landing will be taken with a straight back, bringing current managers well below 51% and defending the interests of citizens who want safety, efficiency and a drop in falling tariffs. on them".

Possetti (president victims): "I made fun of all the Italians"
"Everywhere in Europe a tragedy like this would act as a watershed. Those who make mistakes pay: it is absurd that after two years Autostrade still has the concession". Egle Possetti, the woman who in the collapse of the Morandi bridge lost her sister Claudia, her brother-in-law Andrea and her grandchildren Manuele and Camilla, says in an interview with the daily Fact, and who is now the president of the victims' family committee. "The mockery is towards all Italians. I am not a technician, but it seems clear to me that it was not a meteorite or lightning that brought the bridge down. We saw the corrosion of the finds, the absence of maintenance on other viaducts. and galleries. Enough elements to erase any relationship of trust. If you lend someone the car and give it back to them destroyed, the day after you lend it again? ".   

However, on the fact that there is a millionaire clause at stake and the risk of an infinite dispute, he notes: "We know that it is not simple, President Conte told us clearly last year. Indeed, I appreciated his seriousness in not promise us the moon. Of course, we would have liked the revocation from the day after the collapse ".

Toti: "Then who will manage the highway network"
"Do they want to chase the Benettons? Do it as well. But tomorrow I want to understand what will happen". To say it, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, is Giovanni Toti, president of Liguria. When asked whether to withdraw or not withdraw the concession to the Benettons, Toti replies: "I have heard about it for two years and for now the only data is that they have crushed my region. At this point my question is only one: in case of revoke who will manage my motorway network? And again: with what rules? ".   
"I - he explains - are why a government takes its responsibilities. And I also say that the culprit of the Morandi Bridge must be punished by justice. But - adds the Ligurian governor - if there is a culprit and his name is Aspi (Autostrade per Italy), there is a ministry that has not done what it should have done. " "To make a long story short: if the relationship with Autostrade is definitively cut, what will be done for a ministry that has not been able to control?", Toti wonders.