After the approval of the Maneuver developed by the Meloni government, controversy broke out over the scarcity of resources destined for the insularity of Sardinia and Sicily.
"Last year - explains Michele Cossa , regional councilor of the Reformers and president of the special commission on insularity - 200 million euros were allocated in the finance law for Sardinia and Sicily - recalls Cossa - obtained thanks to the commitment of the respective regional governments. Now that the principle of insularity is in the Constitution - continues the majority councilor - the increase is just 5 million euros (plus another 15 in 2024) : the idea that a constitutional principle, which represents a turning point in the relationship between the Italian state and its islands, can be liquidated with a few humiliating pennies . The regional government must immediately challenge the finance law before the Constitutional Court».
«A modern system of territorial continuity would cost (for Sardinia alone) no less than 150 million a year - Cossa then specifies - and the State must become aware that being an island is the main cause of our development delay. The constitutional reform requires the State to act concretely to remove the disadvantages of insularity - concludes Cossa - all of this implies a very strong commitment to obtain tangible results. For the moment there is only the bitter taste of mockery ».
Outrage not only in Sardinia, but also in Sicily : «The appropriations for insularity in the 2023 budget law intended to finance interventions for the mobility of citizens residing in the territory of Sicily and Sardinia amount to 5 million euros for 2023 and 15 for 2024 should rebalance the disadvantaged condition of the over », reads a note from Action Sicily.
