European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc commented on the M5s-League government vow to stop the new Turin-Lyon high-speed train line (TAV) by saying Italy had signed "clear commitments" on the project.
"It's difficult to speculate on what the new government will do, until it officially presents its requests," but "it is very clear that the Italian government in 2014 signed commitments to complete the TEN-T corridor," she said.
Among the policy pledges in a government contract drawn up by
the anti-establishment M5S and the anti-migrant Euroskeptic
League is stopping the TAV project, which has faced sometimes
violent protests by environmental activists, anticapitalists and
anarchists, and NIMBY protesters, grouped in the No TAV umbrella
movement.
Stephane Guggino, general delegate of the Transalpine
committee, which promotes the TAV, said if Italy blocked the
project it would have to reimburse Europe and France.
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