«The next elections in Calabria represent a game that is regional, but also national. I ask the Calabresi, are you better or worse than 5 years ago? Are you better or worse than 3 years ago when Meloni started? It does not seem to me that Meloni has changed the country in good. Then if it seems to you that Meloni worked well, vote for Meloni ». The leader of IV, Matteo Renzi, said, answering a question from journalists on the next regional regional ones in Calabria who see the outgoing and resigned president Roberto Occhiuto collide with the former president of the INPS Pasquale Tridico. The leader of Italy Viva is in Cosenza to launch the candidacy of Filomena Greco to the office of regional councilor.
«The elections are played on a very simple fact and the Occhiuto-Tidico challenge will be played on this: if you think that after three years of the Meloni government you have more money in your wallet, you have more security, you have more freedom and less people who leave, then you do very well to vote for Meloni and Occhiuto. From the numbers, I find a situation in which the shopping cart costs more, when families buy notebooks and books for the children you see how the cost increases.
In my opinion Meloni’s statistics break on reality. And in this case Occhiuto is the Calabrian Meloni: he chose to be with the center -right, he has some problems for which he has chosen to anticipate the elections. In my opinion Calabria must change. Today to change there is a tridic that is of the Cinquestelle. And we with Filomena Greco and with all the friends of the reformist family we want to give a space to those a little less left or more reformist center -left, “he added.
“Calenda quickly changes my mind that I don’t have time to get an idea that he has already changed it.” Matteo Renzi in Cosenza said, responding to a journalists’ question about Carlo Calenda’s decision not to support the candidates of the center -left in Calabria.
Renzi: tight bridge? The problem is the economic project
“The bridge over the Strait? I, in theory, are always in favor of all infrastructure works. But if the bridge over the tight means that it takes money to Calabria and Sicily, because it is about this, from structural funds and instead of having additional resources, take resources that there were already a mistake “. Matteo Renzi said it to Cosenza by responding to a question from the journalists on the bridge over the Strait. The leader of Italy Viva came to Cosenza to launch the candidacy of Filomena Greco to the position of regional councilor in support of the candidate for President of the Tridic Calabria Region.
“I have nothing against the bridge over the Strait – added Renzi -. Indeed, it is an excellent thing to do a great miracle of engineering, an innovative work, as well as connect high speed so that from Reggio you can get to Palermo and from Palermo you can get to Reggio and go up. But the problem is how you do it and I don’t talk about the technical project because fortunately does Salvini do it and therefore they are doing well for sure, the problem is the economic project. If to make the bridge on the strait, I feel the money from public works in Calabria is a mistake. Already there is the 106 to be fixed, there are already other issues to be fixed. The point is always how things are done and not ideological slogans. What has this government done in these three years? Many slogans: have you seen the house plan? No. And the duties? Did you see the duties plan? No. For the bridge over the strait it is not clear where they take the money. This is a government of ads. For three years Meloni has done nothing. But if in the evening you go to check the money in the wallet or more trivially check the account from the app you see that there is less money than before because the Italians are worse. And the Calabrians are worse. If you are fine with you, vote Occhiuto, if you want to change the tridic vote and vote for the reformist center ».
Dignity income: “Aid yes, but do not prevent work”
“My main concern, at this moment, since we are approaching the regional elections, is to understand if there is space in this region to be able to invest more and better in healthcare”. The leader of IV Matteo Renzi said by responding to a question of journalists on dignity income, a topic at the center of the political debate in Calabria.
«We must understand companies you can bring and create the conditions to make sure that the boys are no longer going. We have 194 thousand Italians who went abroad in 2024 – added Renzi – is twice as much of 2014 when we were in the government. You notice it even more in Calabria. The real question is to create the conditions for people to work here by having a salary I don’t say good, but enough to live. This is the priority. Then, you think about giving a hand to those who do not do it, but it is clear that it depends on how you do it. We had made the inclusion income, 2 billion and 700 million. Then there was the income of citizenship, then the income of dignity. The problem is to ensure that there is a mechanism that helps people who can’t do it, but does not prevent you from working. And above all for me the fundamental thing is that if a boy studies, he works and committed so much he must have a salary that allows him to make a mortgage because today we are in a situation in which those like me who are 50 years old when they started working were able to allow a mortgage, today those who work cannot make a mortgage “.