More than 800 municipalities are at risk of default. Naples has a debt of 1 billion
The Municipalities issue explodes in the Draghi government. The farewell to the rule that allowed debt to be paid off in 30 years has created a chasm in the accounts of the administrations of local authorities. The Municipality of Naples – reads the Sole 24 Ore – has debts for 950 million. In Turin the bill reaches 430, Reggio Calabria has accumulated 176 and Salerno is at 127. In all, 800 local government administrations are in deficit. The government, in the Dl Sostegni bis, makes available 500 million euros, but the total redundancy is 3.4 billion.
The alarm is raised by the Anci, through the voice of its president Antonio Decaro: “By May we must approve the budgets, if the budgets are blown, the services are also skipped. Cutting costs means turning off lights, not collecting waste, closing kindergartens “. The government is working on what to do: a bridging rule is being studied to allow local authorities to approve the budgets and a second, more structural intervention.
Luigi de Magistris: “If the government does not intervene there will be a revolt of the cities but it seems to me that the government is aware that leaving the cities behind at this moment means leaving the country behind and not providing services to citizens”.