(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 24 - It is time for everyone to step up to
the plate on the huge post-COVID EU-funded National Recovery and
Resilience Plan to ensure it is implemented by the end-date of
2026, President Sergio Mattarella told the National Conference
of Chambers of Commerce in Florence on Friday.
"Now is the time for everyone, starting with the implementation
of the NRRP, to roll up their sleeves and start shoveling," he
said.
Matteralla thus quoted late former Premier and Christian
Democrat (DC) statesman Alcide De Gasperi, who with this
expression invited the 'Dossettian' faction of the DC to make an
active contribution to the party's action.
Mattarella went on to stress the importance of ensuring progress
for the whole of Italy, acting in the national interest.
"There is consistency in the design of the future outlined by
the EU and Italy is proud to be part of it. Today, however,
there are also heavy consequences in the economic sector, for
example with inflation. It is a challenge that concerns our
entire system. We know that participation and unity are
essential for cohesion; there can be no divide between the
economy and society. Progress must be ensured for the whole
country. (We must have) participation and unity, which the
Constitution indicates to us for the performance of activities
of general interest," he said. (ANSA).
Time to step up to plate on NRRP says Mattarella
Ensure progress of whole country says president