The draft of the Italian Recovery Plan is now in the committees of the two Chambers, around March 30 there will be the approval in Parliament of a plan where the common denominator has already been dictated by Draghi: “Spending European funds well, spending them all. Focus on women and young people. Stopping the growing gap between the North and South of the country ”.

The parliamentary committees with their opinions on the current drafts ask for some important changes, from the need to indicate a more precise time schedule of the works, to the request to involve private capital, up to the desire for more funds to be allocated to industry. Among the proposals, the League's request for at least one billion euros more for the areas of the earthquake in central Italy stands out. The Chamber's Environment and Infrastructure Commission asks for "promote an effective involvement of the private sector, also by evaluating the appropriateness of a legislative intervention that favors the contribution of private capital". Educational poverty, art and digital development, gender gap, historical theaters, are just some of the topics covered in the texts. "Funds for industry are totally insufficient“Says the Productive Activities Commission. And the EU Policies Commission places a condition on the government for the approval of the plan: "Indicate with a time schedule objectives, intermediate and final, measurable in qualitative and quantitative terms, providing the impact relating to the three youth challenges, gender equality, South ".

Meantime Paolo Gentiloni, EU Commissioner, underlines an objective such as gender equality, which will be transversal to all Italian projects, and invites institutions and states to run in the elaboration of plans in the light of deadline set for April 30th next one; this, to ensure that the advance of the Recovery Fund, that is 13% of the amount total, arrive before the summer break.

Draghi, who spoke at the two-day discussion on the South called by Mara Carfagna recalled that the Next Generation Eu provides for Italy 191,5 billion to spend by 2026 and that for the South more are coming 96 billion of EU funds for cohesion in the coming years. The premier then he spoke of the gap still existing between the South and the Center and the North, highlighting that between 2008 and 2018, public investment spending more than halved. The statistics on unfinished construction sites are very bad added Draghi, 647 works not completed in 2017, 70% in the South. Then he said that increasing funds for physical and digital infrastructures and for sustainable energy sources alone are not enough. You have to know how to spend money. And spend well, for "stop the widening of the gap ", bet on women and young people, and regain trust in legality and institutions, be they school, health care or justice. With a commitment of the ruling classes and citizens. One of the main issues will be the implementation of the Italian Recovery plan. Therefore a "decree" has already been announced, scheduled for April to simplify administrative procedures but also to introduce thousands of new professional figures, with fixed-term contracts, into the State Administration. In this regard, the minister Renato Brunetta announced 2800 hires in the South, while the Provinces are asking for at least a thousand more officials. Local authorities, starting with the Regions, are calling for more government involvement in general.

Draghi and the Italian challenge: "Spending EU funds well and knowing how to spend them all"