Italy at risk of new pecuniary sanctions for violation of the obligations of belonging to the European Union. And it is no coincidence that the stability law for 2016 envisages changes regarding the retaliation and exercise of substitutive powers by the central state against those responsible for the violations.
Italy has already suffered 4 convictions (for waste from Campania, for facilitations for hiring through work training contracts, for aid to some companies in Venice and Chioggia) but other judgments of the Court of Justice hang over its head which have precisely ascertained Italy's failure to fulfill its obligations deriving from its membership of the EU.
Failure to adopt the necessary enforcement measures could lead to new decisions ordering the payment of onerous fines. In particular, the failure to recover funding for navigation in Sardinia and for Sardinian hotels is contested, as it is considered state aid incompatible with the common market. And for the same reasons, the failure to recover money from companies in the Municipalities affected by calamitous events in 2002 are sanctioned.
Another 2 sentences condemn Italy for failing to guarantee the independence of the manager in determining the rights of access and distribution of the railway infrastructure and again for the failure to recover aid relating to tax breaks and subsidized loans in favor of public service companies with mainly public capital.
Following these sentences, the European Commission sent Italy as many letters of formal notice and could consequently redeem pecuniary penalties. And therefore it is no coincidence that the stability law currently being examined by Deputies introduces changes in terms of retaliation and the exercise of substitutive powers in order to strengthen deterrent effectiveness.
