Conte: the government will not fall, the vote is on the reform of the Mes, not on its use

The Government will not fall: the vote in Parliament next week on the ESM is on its reform, not its use. This was stated by the premier, Giuseppe Conte, interviewed today by 'Repubblica'. "The vote will not be on the activation of the Mes but on some of its changes which, thanks also to the contribution of Italy, have served to improve a mechanism that has already existed since 2012", said Conte, interviewed by Maurizio Molinari. "I lead a pro-European government, we will be protagonists of the reform of the Mes and the Recovery Fund together with Berlin and Paris". "We are at war with the virus but now the reconstruction begins in the name of Europe and it will be my government to guide it because I will not fall on the Mes". The premier is not afraid of the vote of 9 December in Parliament on the reform of the Mes "because the M5S is completing the pro-EU turn". And to those who in the majority hypothesize reshuffles, Conte lets you know: "You have to come out and ask what you want" "On Monday we will meet with the ministers to approve the Recovery Fund budget with all the stalking. After the 6 guidelines already shared with the Parliament, we will also investigate the sixty projects that have passed the preliminary screening and are now in the final stages. We will group them into 17 clusters ". Of the projects, explains Conte, "some will be centralized, others will have a capillary dimension on the territory, such as the one aimed at improving the offer of nursery schools: there is a project for 2 billion in order to strengthen the structures by offering services for 750 thousand children ". "Then we have a vast program of energy efficiency, wiring and safety of public buildings, starting with schools and hospitals, to which almost 10% of the resources of the Plan will be dedicated - says the Count -. To make Italy more connected to the European transport system, interventions are planned for the logistics, the handling of goods and the electrification of the main ports, starting with Genoa and Trieste ". "On the research and innovation front, we are planning to create poles for basic and applied research and technology transfer in sectors such as agritech, artificial intelligence, fintech, biomedicine and others", he says. "On Monday we will also approve the governance structure of the Recovery Fund with coordination by the Presidency of the Council, for obvious reasons of balance, but what really matters is that full efficiency is guaranteed. There will be, as the EU also asks us, a committee restricted delegate to constantly supervise the entire implementation phase ". "I, the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Economic Development, will be part of it, with the responsibility of reporting periodically to the CIAE and Parliament - explains Conte -. The technical supervision of the implementation will be entrusted to a structure composed of six managers, assisted by a staff with the necessary professional skills. In exceptional cases the six managers may be called to intervene with substitute powers to avoid delays and loss of resources ". On Monday, the names of the 6 managers will not be mentioned. "They will come later", underlines the premier.

Giuseppe Conte (ANSA / CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE / FILIPPO ATTILI)

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05 December 2020The Government will not fall: the vote in Parliament next week on the ESM is on its reform, not its use. This was stated by the premier, Giuseppe Conte, interviewed today by 'Repubblica'. "The vote will not be on the activation of the Mes but on some of its changes which, thanks also to the contribution of Italy, have served to improve a mechanism that has already existed since 2012", said Conte, interviewed by Maurizio Molinari.

"I lead a pro-European government, we will be protagonists of the reform of the Mes and the Recovery Fund together with Berlin and Paris".

"We are at war with the virus but now the reconstruction begins in the name of Europe and it will be my government to guide it because I will not fall on the Mes". The premier is not afraid of the vote of 9 December in Parliament on the reform of the Mes "because the M5S is completing the pro-EU turn". And to those who in the majority hypothesize reshuffles, Conte lets you know: "You have to come out and ask what you want"

"On Monday we will meet with the ministers to approve the Recovery Fund budget with all the stalking. After the 6 guidelines already shared with the Parliament, we will also investigate the sixty projects that have passed the preliminary screening and are now in the final stages. We will group them into 17 clusters ".

Of the projects, explains Conte, "some will be centralized, others will have a capillary dimension on the territory, such as the one aimed at improving the offer of nursery schools: there is a project for 2 billion in order to strengthen the structures by offering services for 750 thousand children ".

"Then we have a vast program of energy efficiency, wiring and safety of public buildings, starting with schools and hospitals, to which almost 10% of the resources of the Plan will be dedicated - says the Count -. To make Italy more connected to the European transport system, interventions are planned for the logistics, the handling of goods and the electrification of the main ports, starting with Genoa and Trieste ".

"On the research and innovation front, we are planning to create poles for basic and applied research and technology transfer in sectors such as agritech, artificial intelligence, fintech, biomedicine and others", he says.

"On Monday we will also approve the governance structure of the Recovery Fund with coordination by the Presidency of the Council, for obvious reasons of balance, but what really matters is that full efficiency is guaranteed. There will be, as the EU also asks us, a committee restricted delegate to constantly supervise the entire implementation phase ".

"I, the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Economic Development, will be part of it, with the responsibility of reporting periodically to the CIAE and Parliament - explains Conte -. The technical supervision of the implementation will be entrusted to a structure composed of six managers, assisted by a staff with the necessary professional skills. In exceptional cases the six managers may be called to intervene with substitute powers to avoid delays and loss of resources ". On Monday, the names of the 6 managers will not be mentioned. "They will come later", underlines the premier.

Conte: the government will not fall, the vote is on the reform of the Mes, not on its use

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