The roadmap had reportedly got bogged down, and Meloni said a paradigm shift was needed in care for the land after floods in Emilia-Romagna killed 15 people and caused billions of euros of damage last week.
“We are on schedule,” Meloni said, when asked about the NRRP in a long interview in Il Messaggero.
“Our plan is the largest in Europe, and a review of it requires careful verification to avoid the risk of doing things hastily and badly,” she explained.
“The deadline for proposing changes is 31 August 2023 and (European Affairs Minister Raffaele) Fitto is working with the European Commission and the individual administrations to ensure the full implementation of the interventions.”
Italy has been assigned the largest single chunk of the recovery fund, almost €200 billion, in grants and low-interest loans, whose issuance is conditional on enacting a set of key structural reforms and other schemes like boosting the health system and building new schools and nurseries.
Asked by Il Messaggero about the deadly and devastating floods in Emilia Romagna, Meloni said future-proofing the country is a priority.
“Making Italy safe is an epoch-making challenge.
“We are unfortunately suffering decades of missed choices and delays and the mistaken idea that land care was not a strategic investment.
“We must change paradigm.”
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