Campania, Puglia, Sicily: three southern regions at the top of the Legambiente ranking for building abuse. In Campania alone in 2023, there were 1.531 confirmed abuses. Devastating the territory continues to be an activity profitable for criminal organizations but also for those who indirectly contribute to strengthening it. Why does it have to be Legambiente that gives us every year with "Mare Monstrum" the picture of a country in the hands of gangs of usurpers of land and sea?
The question, clearly rhetorical due to the association's commitment to the territory, however has a real answer: because the State does not carry out the necessary checks. The constant illegal activity spares nothing: from the coasts to the beaches up to the panoramic points. Millions of euros escape any tax and remuneration control so illegal construction is linked to water purification, illegal waste and catering. It's fine that 1.710 people were reported in Campania last year, but with what real judicial consequences? The system is slow and politics has a hand in it. Since the time of the Berlusconi governments - with the amnesties of 1985, 1994 and 2003 - the issue has afflicted citizens and good local administrators.
Legambiente and full powers to the Prefects
Legambiente wants immediate responses from the Government such as full powers for the Prefects to demolish buildings or the cancellation in the "Save Home" decree of the guilty "silence-consent" rule on municipal amnesties within 45 days. We fight against it disguised amnesties approved in a context completely opposite to environmental protection policies. “The Italian coasts are a heritage of inestimable value, rich in history, beauty and biodiversity, but increasingly usurped by wild brick with buildings that often remain in the state of skeletons” he said Giorgio Zampetti, general director of Legambiente. Who knows when the territory will become a national priority.
