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February 18, 2021 Again thunderous applause for Mario Draghi, even in the reply made at the end of a long day of speeches and before the explanations of vote.

Institutional mask for the premier who for the occasion wears a blue mask with the logo of the Prime Minister.

As happened yesterday in the Senate, this evening Draghi enclosed his speech in chapters, so as to respond to all the topics touched on during the day.



Corruption

"Corruption represents a strong disincentive to foreign investments, the first thing is to guarantee legality and security: if this base is missing, incentives are not enough. Anac's role in its supervisory task will be central, and one of the keys is the presidia Much remains to be done in view of the prevention pursued today through mechanisms that are still too formal, which end up fueling more preventing corruption: here simplification would have an anti-corruption function. The transparency of the PA is a logical prerequisite because it allows citizens to analyze every action, "Draghi said in his reply to the Chamber of Deputies. 



Future

"I hope you share this constant look to the future which I trust inspires the common effort" to get out of the pandemic and the economic crisis and which "will certainly characterize the action of my government". 



Support for small and medium-sized enterprises

"It is necessary to support internationalization, strengthen the tax credit for investments, research and development in the South and also consultancy for the listing of SMEs. It is also necessary to extend to these and make the national transition plan 4.0 available. to encourage and accompany SMEs in the technological transition ".

As for the recovery and support for SMEs.

It is, explains the Prime Minister, a "medium-term" program that "crosses internationalization, access to capital, investments to strengthen our manufacturing to make it more competitive".



Sport

"The fact that he has not said anything about sport does not mean that it is not important, it is a world deeply rooted in our society and in the collective imagination and has been strongly affected by the emergency. This government is committed to preserving and supporting the Italian multi-sports system taking into account its peculiarities and the many aspects that characterize it ".

The sector, explains the premier, should not be supported "only in relation to the economic and employment impact, but for its extraordinary social and educational value".



Justice

"On justice it will be necessary to undertake innovative actions" to "improve civil and criminal efficiency" and obtain "a fair trial, of a reasonable duration in line with other European countries". 



Tourism

"I already answered yesterday in the Senate about tourism, if there is a sector that is restarting it is certainly that, there we have no doubts. It is sure because we are Italy, so it deserves support". 



Explanations of vote

After the replies by Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the explanations of vote began in the Chamber.

Now, the long day that will lead to the vote of confidence provides that all the parties present in the Chamber of Deputies will take the floor again and to follow there will be the nominal call vote, scheduled no earlier than 20.