Financial resources made available by
the European Union under Italy's revised National Recovery and
Resilience Plan (NRRP) will make it possible to carry out not
just the reconstruction of flood-hit Emilia Romagna but also
interventions to prevent extreme bad weather from wrecking
similar death and destruction in future, Premier Giorgia Meloni
said on Wednesday.
"These resources will make it possible to carry out
environmental improvements but also restoration and
redevelopment, meaning that we will be doing reconstruction but
also something more important, which is prevention," said Meloni
following a joint visit with European Commission President
Ursula Von der Leyen to the areas affected by last May's flood
and landslide emergency that left 15 people dead and caused
billions of euros in damage to infrastructure, property and
crops.
Italy's revised EU-funded NRRP contains a new measure worth 1.2
billion euro on reconstruction in Emilia Romagna.
"Clearly this work (in the revision of the NRRP, ed.) is in
addition to the work that the government has already carried
out," added Meloni.
"It should be added that the support is not limited to NRRP
funds but also includes the European Solidarity Fund. We are
here to give concrete answers," she said.
"When we were here Ursula von der Leyen brought European
solidarity but also her commitment and the fact that she is here
again is a symbol of great seriousness and practicality. We have
worked hard together over these months," continued the premier,
referring to their first joint visit to the flood-hit area at
the end of last May.
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