“The Recovery and Resilience Plan must be completed by 2026. We cannot let this money be lost or wasted, as unfortunately happened in the past with other European funds”.
The Prime Minister stated this, Mario Draghi, in his speech at the signing ceremony of the Pact for Naples at the Male Angevin.
And then he added: "Public funding is a necessary, not sufficient, condition for the relaunch of the South. The PNRR requires all of us to make a qualitative leap in spending management. With the Pact we are allocating to the Municipality of Naples one billion and 231 million euros over twenty years. We are making a significant contribution to the recovery of the Municipality's accounts and, as explained by Undersecretary Garofoli, we are linking payments to the achievement of certain objectives".
Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who signed with the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi the pact for the deficit repayment, he also said: “I want to thank Undersecretary Garofoli, Mayor Manfredi, and all those who actively worked on this agreement.”
And he explained: "Our challenge is to allow Naples and, with Naples, all of Southern Italy, to maintain the centrality it deserves. It is a challenge that must unite us all: central government, local authorities, civil society. Our commitment is to promote women's participation in the labor market, and to give young people the opportunity to cultivate their dreams in their own land, if they so desire."
“In 2020, the employment rate for working-age women was just 35,1% in the South, compared to 62% in the Center-North. In the South, the youth unemployment rate was 35% – in the North 15% – he recalled. - The lack of opportunities has led to massive emigration: it is estimated that, between 2002 and 2020, over a million people left the South, of which about 30% were graduates”.
After signing the Pact for Naples, Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived in the Sanità district, where he visited the Basilica of Saint Mary of Health. There he met with the Ukrainian refugees welcomed in recent weeks by the volunteers of the foundation of San Gennaro Community. The mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi and the president of the Campania Region were present with the Prime Minister Vincenzo De LucaAlso present were the auxiliary bishop of Naples and the Ukrainian consul Kavalenko Maxim e Father Antonio Loffredo. He then visited catacombs of San Gaudioso managed by the young people of La Paranza.
“Zero money for arsenals, more resources for hospitals. Draghi go away”. This is the banner displayed by the Committee against the closure of the San Gennaro hospital, outside the church of Santa Maria alla Sanità, in Naples, where Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited.
Then the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, entered the pizzeria 'Concettina to the three saints', in the Rione Sanita' in Naples. After signing the Pact for Naples and visiting the Basilica of Santa Maria alla Sanita', where he met with Ukrainian children, the Prime Minister stopped for lunch with Mayor Gaetano Manfredi and the President of the Region Vincenzo De Luca.
Two tributes from the artist Lello Esposito to Prime Minister Mario Draghi today in Naples for the signing of the Pact for the City. On the sidelines of the presentation of the agreement between the Government and the Municipality of Naples, represented by Mayor Gaetano Manfredi, Esposito gave Draghi a gouache depicting a view of Naples from the 800s and a bust of San Gennaro. With a joke, Esposito told Draghi “today she performed the miracle”.
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Article published on March 29, 2022 - 16pm
