Two billion euros in the fight against terrorism. This is what Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promised to invest, who explained at the press conference that the figure will be added to the Stability law and will be equally divided between culture and security, the two cornerstones identified to defeat jihadist terror: the 80% bonus euro will therefore be extended to all members of the police force, while another billion will be allocated to education.
“For every extra euro invested in safety, there must be one more euro invested in culture – said Renzi -. Italy's response to terror cannot be solely security. Every penny will not be a cost but an investment if we remember that we are investing in our identity. Renzi also explained that there will be an investment “of 150 million euros on cybersecurity and another 50 million euros to improve the tools of the police forces in the face of clarity and reorganisation".
As far as culture is concerned, Renzi explained that he will propose to the Government “to move the decrease in IRES to 2017. We will invest 150 million euros to allow all citizens who want to possibility of donating 2 per thousand to a specific association. Today they can only be given to parties. What is possible for parties must also be possible for cultural associations, such as neighborhood theatres”. The funding in culture will then be allocated for 50 million to scholarships, for 500 euros each to the cultural training of 18-year-olds, and for 500 million to the urban suburbs: the metropolitan areas of the big cities will receive half a billion for "interventions, as Renzo Slowly, darning”.
