The Emilian area affected by the earthquake will be the destination of numerous visits in the next few days. We start tomorrow, on the occasion of the national holiday of June 2, with the minister for cooperation and integration Andrea Riccardi, at 10, in Modena, where he will lay a wreath at the war memorial in the Parco delle Rimembranze. Around 11,15 Riccardi will visit Mirandola, then San Felice sul Panaro and Cavezzo.
A few hours later they will arrive the national secretaries of CGIL, CISL and UI, Susanna Camusso, Raffaele Bonanni and Luigi Angeletti, expected at 12 in Marzaglia (Modena), where they will meet the president of the Region Vasco Errani, the head of the civil protection department Franco Gabrielli and the mayors of the municipalities in the province hit by the earthquake. Following Camusso, Bonanni and Angeletti will go to express solidarity with the grieving families, then they will move to the earthquake-stricken areas of Ferrara and Bologna.
Sunday is the turn of European Commission, with Vice-President Antonio Tajani, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship and the Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn, responsible for the Solidarity Fund, accompanied by the president of the Region Errani and the head of Civil Protection Gabrielli. The group will fly over the areas affected by the earthquake, for an overall assessment of the situation and a first assessment for access to European funds. ?
The president of Confindustria Giorgio Squinzi arrives in Modena on Mondayat the association's annual meeting. The appointment, which has been on the calendar for some time, acquires a different weight after the events of the last few weeks and will have a particularly sober character, because the president of the Modenese entrepreneurs, Pietro Ferrari, has canceled the gala dinner.
Starting at 18 pm, Ferrari will take stock of the economic situation of the area, already affected by the economic crisis. Speeches by the political scientist and essayist Angelo Panebianco and by President Squinzi will follow. the Assembly will be available in streaming, on the Confindustria Modena website (www.confindustriamodena.it) or on the association's online newspaper (www.emmeweb.it). The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano will be visiting the areas affected by the earthquake on Thursday 7 June.
Ferioli (mayor of Finale Emilia): “free tax” zone
Finale Emilia (Mo) is one of the municipalities most devastated by the earthquake, 15 people are involved, to varying degrees, at home or at work. Virtually the entire population. To avoid the economic crash, the mayor Fernando Ferioli appeals to Prime Minister Monti: "Decide that this is a free tax area - he says to the microphones of TRC-Telemodena - to give hope to those who produce 1% of the GDP".
