Calenda in Vibo: “The government aid on expensive fuel is insufficient and arrived late”

«I am against blockades because they create problems for citizens, especially for the most vulnerable people, but there are well-founded reasons behind the protest. Government aid is insufficient and arrived late: five months passed between the decree law and the implementing decrees. Furthermore, tools such as the F24 compensation tax credit are complex, while the resources to purchase new vehicles are not yet operational. When there is a crisis, you shouldn’t entrust its management to Salvini: even the high-speed trains have started to have problems since he arrived.” Speaking about the truck and farmers’ protests, Action leader Carlo Calenda said this today in Vibo Valentia at the Festival del Sud, presenting his latest book “Defending freedom, Europe’s hour”. «The fuel crisis – he added – affects road transport, fishing and agriculture. I would have proposed a structural measure: increase cigarettes by one euro and reduce excise duties on fuel, obtaining an intervention worth three billion. The proposal was blocked by Forza Italia due to lobby pressure, although Meloni had initially accepted it. Then there is the problem of the biblical times of the ministries: if the measures are not followed daily, the implementing decrees arrive after five months”. Finally, on the alleged infiltration of organized crime in the protests, Calenda argued that “effective feedback from the police forces is needed, situations cannot be invented without evidence”.