Renzi says public investments needed (2)

(see related) (ANSA) - Cosenza, July 26 - Premier Matteo Renzi said public investment in infrastructure projects was necessary for Italy's economic growth as he he opened a new section of the A3 motorway in the southern region of Calabria on Tuesday. "In the past the technocrats stopped public investments," Renzi said at the inauguration of a viaduct on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway. "Naturally these should be carried out without waste. But public investments should be made, otherwise we cut our own legs.
    "Italy is greater than those who want to stop it and the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway is a symbol of the fact that, if we work in the same direction, the results speak for themselves. "The time when people laughed at Italy is over".