“We look forward to being summoned by the government.” The day after the shock for the sentence of the Council of State the president of Federbalneari Marco Maurelli returns to the theme of the damage caused to the sector by the decisions of the judges of Palazzo Spada. And he points his finger at the government: “It must intervene because this sentence means chaos for the entire tourism system”. Federbalneari also asks the executive to be self-critical, “because the mapping we are talking about in recent days has arrived too late”. “Impossible to surrender to injustice, we are moving to meet the leaders of all parties, they will have to listen to us and help us” adds the president of Assobalneari Confindustria Fabrizio Licordari
The cornerstones of the reform were already in the budget law approved in December 2018, he stresses, but the implementing decrees never arrived. “If the state does not legislate, however, it is not possible that the fault lies with the dealers and their families”.
There is talk, confirmed the president of Federbalneari, of about 30 thousand companies, mostly family, with approx 300,000 direct employees which, added to those of the related industries, lead to about 800,000 workers involved, for a total turnover that “is indeed 15 billion but always with a tax rate of 65% which must be taken into account, so it is It is wrong to say that the state collects only 100 million euros from the current concessions “. Not only: “Even on this story of low concessions prices, it should be remembered that we have been asking for a reform of concessions for at least ten years, but that the State has never granted it. For us it would have been much better than uncertainty”.
As for the sentence of the Council of State, “we cannot accept that the fee is based on an auction, in doing so the Council of State enters into the merits, this sentence is political, our jurists say so and they say it very convincingly” . The damage to companies, Maurelli adds, is immediate, because many in the sector will give up buying and investing for next season, many will cancel their orders. And then there are the betrayed expectations of those who, based on the expectations for 2033 set by the 2018 budget, have already started long-term investments: “It’s something called legitimate expectations – he says – and now? What will become of those investments? “. The Federbalneari junta, he anticipates, will meet on November 17, “we will make decisions on the political line and we will evaluate all aspects including that of the damage”. Today, in the meantime, shock and amazement dominate: “We did not expect it”, he repeats, “this sentence throws an entire sector into chaos, and then two years of limbo without even a regulation of future reorganization. In a moment of pandemic we would be there. expect a different choice “.
The leader of the League also intervenes on the matter Matteo Salvini. “The sentence of the Council of State yesterday is embarrassing: it tells Parliament to stop being a Parliament, because the Bolkestein is not discussed. We will do everything to protect the work of bathers and street vendors. A sentence that tells Parliament to stop doing it. Parliament is from the fourth world “. Thus the leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini in a press conference in Montecitorio. Also Brothers of Italy believes that ‘the sentence of the Council of State is a fatal blow to tourism’. “The sentence of the Council of State in plenary session is clear: tenders are needed before December 2023, otherwise the entire sector is at risk. The Draghi government and politics must regulate a sector that has been waiting for answers for 15 years. 5 Star Movement asks all political forces, both the majority and the opposition, to open a table in view of the Competition Bill and the Budget Law, where the new rules to protect employment, investments and the environment will be written “. in a note, the 5 Star Movement Group in the Chamber of Deputies.
Legambiente and Touring instead they applaud the ruling that finally places a time limit on the extension of bathing concessions, namely 2023. An issue on which as an environmentalist association we have fought several times, denouncing the problem and recalling how the situation of the beaches under concession in our Peninsula is unparalleled in Europe. In Italy there is little transparency on concessions, which grow from year to year, and then there is the question of negligible rents.
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