The Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda and the Mayor of Taranto Rinaldo Melucci met today, Tuesday 5 December. During the meeting it was decided to convene a negotiating table dedicated to Taranto and Ilva with on the agenda what has already been requested with a specific letter from the Mayor to the Minister before the institutional meeting of last November 16 at the Mise.
The Mayor has confirmed that upon receiving the formal summons, he will be available to withdraw the appeal to the Tar, after consultation on the matter also with the Governor Emiliano.
The agenda will include: “analysis of the DPCM environmental plan and check for possible improvements; sharing the schedule of early coverage of primary parks; management and assessment of health damage; management of the activity of the Taranto social fund; measures for related industries; sharing of the remediation plan under the responsibility of the extraordinary administration; establishment of a Research and Development center on steel and carbon-free technologies”.
"I will immediately convene the table for Taranto, I will do it today after acquiring the availability of the mayor of Taranto and the governor, and in the face of this summons, the appeal will be withdrawn” said Minister Carlo Calenda.
“I think that coming here to speak – he added – was a dutiful gesture. Personal relationships help especially when it comes to overcoming some misunderstanding that has occurred in recent days. Then, both the mayor and I come from civil society and this helps”.
"I am available to fix the table for Taranto on the basis of an agenda that we have agreed with the mayor" concluded Calenda.
Satisfaction also on the part of the trade unions: "Finally common sense seems to prevail in a matter that needs additional such as ILVA". He stated it the secretary general of the Fim Cisl, Marco Bentivogli”.
"I consider the willingness of the Puglia Region and the Municipality of Taranto to withdraw the appeal to the TAR very positive, after the visit of Minister Calenda to Taranto and the appeal of Monsignor Santoro - continued Bentivogli - It is now important that the institutional tables restart immediately with the agenda of the Table for Taranto there will also be the assessment of the health damage, in addition to the analysis of the Dpcm, and its possible improvements and the timetable for the coverage of the mineral parks ".
“We have the ability to carry out the largest environmentalization and industrial revitalization project ever in Europe, we can succeed if we all point in the same direction”, concluded the general secretary of the Fim Cisl.
