Differentiated Autonomy returns to the center of the political scene. His steps make noise in the midst of the electoral campaign in Veneto, Puglia and Campania. The debate, rekindled by the pre-agreements on non-Lep matters (such as Prociv’s interventions in derogation, ed.) signed in the North, immediately rebounds in the South, frightening, above all, Calabria, a region that more than others feels the weight of a structural gap illuminated by the recent BES report from Istat. Four domains (Health, Work, Economic well-being, Quality of services) give this land yet another negative record. All this while the South continues to struggle to bridge decades-long gaps. The fear of becoming the outskirts of the outskirts is not abstract but concerns hospitals already at their limits, fragile social rights, small communities that ask for essential services.
The governor, Roberto Occhiuto, from Bari had called for prudence, recalling how “the pre-agreements that are being talked about in these hours are simple political agreements”. Before drawing conclusions, he also said, “it will be important to evaluate the merits of the true agreements on non-LEP matters, so that they do not generate imbalances between regions of the North and regions of the South”. Attention is focused above all on the effects that some skills could have on healthcare and on the coordination of public finance: «Some regions could use the resources of the healthcare department to pay doctors more or offer them a more convenient supplementary pension. All this would lead to inequality compared to the regions that cannot afford it.”
The Calabrian voice remains suspended between institutional prudence and political denunciation. The most fragile region of the country is observing with concern a process that risks redefining the national pact without considering the starting conditions.
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