Civil Protection Minister Nello
Musumeci and Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein on Monday
called for flood-prevention legislation as much of Emilia
Romagna remained on its knees, with many areas still under
water, after the deadly floods that caused widespread
devastation at the weekend.
"What could have determined this situation of frailty of Italy's
territory?", said Musumeci.
"The excessive consumption of the soil", he explained, saying
"courage" was necessary to approve a law "halting this
deplorable practice because concrete becomes the best accomplice
of water".
"The priority of prevention is missing in all local institutions
but also at a national level", said Musumeci.
Meanwhile Schlein said it was "clear prevention must be taken to
the next level and it is necessary to draft a law for the
consumption of the soil in a region like this", referring to
Emilia Romagna, where widespread flooding was reported at the
weekend for the fourth time in just one year and a half.
Schlein told Rai3's Agorà program she wanted such legislation to
be passed "also at a national level".
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