Government-Regions Summit, Gelmini: first draft Dpcm tomorrow

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February 25, 2021 The government accelerates on the fight against Covid-19, on the vaccination campaign and on the writing of the Italian plan for the Next generation EU.

This morning the executive is working on two fronts: pandemic and Recovery.

On the table of the summit in progress between the government, Regions and Municipalities, with the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, and the Minister of Regional Affairs Mariastella Gelmini, the proposals to be brought to the Council of Ministers which will have to decide the new measures, partly announced yesterday by Hope to Parliament, to counter the pandemic.

In the afternoon, Prime Minister Mario Draghi will participate remotely in the EU Council focused on the fight against Covid-19 and on strengthening the vaccination campaign.

"The government is working intensely in these hours on the new anti-Covid measure. I am naturally in constant contact with Palazzo Chigi and we hope to send you, tomorrow, well in advance of the deadline of March 5, a first draft of the Dpcm ".

According to what is learned, Minister Gelmini said this at the meeting with the Regions.

"For the Draghi executive, constant dialogue with the Regions and anticipating decisions is fundamental, in order to leave citizens the time necessary to organize their lives", he added.

"The band system will be maintained. So far a generalized lockdown has been averted and this must be the main objective also for the next weeks and months".

Thus, according to what has been learned, Mariastella Gelmini, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, at the opening of the videoconference meeting with the Regions and territorial bodies.At the videoconference attended by, among others, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, the president of the Conference of the Regions, Stefano Bonaccini, the president of Anci and mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, and the president of the Union of Provinces of Italy, Michele de Pascale, Gelmini would have underlined the "change of method. We met on Sunday and we are meeting again today. The meetings will be more and more frequent and constant ". 

The system of parameters (to define the colors of the areas in Italy in the Covid emergency) can be refined, but probably not with the upcoming decree, it will take a technical table.

In any case, to make the planning of economic activities easier, the closures will no longer come into force on Sunday but on Monday "the minister specified." This had been asked by the Regions, and I had shared it, this we have achieved.

In this way we also help the economic activities that will not lose the weekend of work. "

The president of the Associazione Comuni (Anci) Antonio Decaro expressed his appreciation for the government's decision to postpone the execution of the ordinances to Monday, according to what is learned. "Local authorities also need to organize themselves", said the mayor of Bari