687m for Emilia Romagna in cohesion agreement - Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 18 - Some678 million euro have been allocated to the northern region of Emilia Romagna under the Development and Cohesion Agreement signed by the government and the regional authorities in Forlì on Wednesday, Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.
    These are "important resources that are concentrated on strategic objectives such as development, growth, infrastructure and the future", Meloni wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
    "Emilia Romagna is the seventh region to sign the Cohesion Agreement with the Government, but we will be coming to all Italian regions," she added.
    The funding has been made available under the European Union's cohesion policy promoting social and economic development at territorial level across member states. On Wednesday Meloni visited Emilia Romagna together with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen to take stock of progress in recovery and reconstruction after the flood and landslide emergency last May.
    The EU has made available an additional 1.2 billion euro in resources specifically for post-flood reconstruction and prevention under a new measure contained in Italy's revised post-Covid national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP). (ANSA).