Mattarella:“The strategy to relaunch the mountain is a priority”

The Head of State met at the Quirinale with a representation of the National Union of Municipalities, Mountain Communities and Bodies (Uncem) led by President Marco Bussone

ROME - "The mountain is not only the obvious collection space for the country's goods, but it represents, with its 3,850 municipalities, a decisive heritage of civic life".The President of the Republic says so Sergio Mattarella, meeting at the Quirinale a representation of the National Union of Municipalities, Mountain Communities and Bodies (Uncem) led by the president Marco Bussone.“And it is this heritage of values ​​that we need to look at, its inhabitants who, in these 77 years of democratic life, they have fought to affirm the elementary constitutional principles of equality among citizens, nourishing it with the experience of the valley councils, an expression of the identity of the territories, of solidarity between municipalities", he adds.

“It is legitimate to ask ourselves what the most appropriate tools should be to respond to the possibility of fulfilling the constitutional dictate regarding the specificity recognized in the Constitution to the mountains.A peculiarity also supported by numerous recent rulings of the Constitutional Court, which indicate how the disadvantaged situation of the Italian mountains amply justifies measures in its favour", said the Head of State.“It is therefore desirable that the legislative initiatives launched by the government, and by its predecessor, are examined and taken into consideration by Parliament, in implementation of the constitutional provision“, he adds.

Mattarella still remembers:“The purposes are precisely identified: it is about the enjoyment of rights;it is a question, in the national interest, of providing useful incentives to prevent further depopulation of sensitive areas. It is certainly a priority to relaunch the strategy for the Italian mountains.These are the rights that you, President, mentioned: healthcare, school, overcoming the digital divide, fundamental for making employment opportunities, accessibility to services and public transport operational, starting from the railway network, which is too often so lacking if not removed, in internal areas".