The latest news would appear to be the news of the non-existence of any specific allocation for "insularity" in the budget law approved by the Council of Ministers. Nothing in question, perhaps, if only it were not that, considering the impact of the Government's action in the constant commitment of its Minister for Infrastructure for the construction of the so-called "Messina Bridge", to speak in this specific case of mere "forgetfulness" it would seem extremely surreal on the ideal level of political concreteness and on the factual level of procedural implementation.
But so be it: the allies would all be the same (maybe) but would some seem more equal than others? Maybe. Nor, probably, can we expect to overcome such "forgetfulness" simply by citing reasons of prudence in the preparation of a financial maneuver which, even in a small way, should have taken into consideration, and as a priority, the reasons of the most disadvantaged components of the national perimeter if it is true, as it would seem to be true, that the Sardinian Region is fully included in it. The island-peninsula distance, far from shortening to the point of being appreciably reduced, would instead appear to be growing beyond measure.
The political question considered in and of itself seems to be increasingly transformed into a social question of principle and although, at least in theory, Sardinia has the possibility of addressing its dynamic relations with the State as an alternative to the equalization aim, however, this specialty would seem to remain in the status of "sleeping beauty" on the sea. There is, at least this is the impression one might get from it, a certain tiredness on an institutional level in carrying out actions useful for the declared purpose. And the same idea of proceeding with a revision of the special statute in an attempt to update it to make it compliant with the passage of time could still make sense only if the substantial aspects that had suggested it at the time are identified and addressed in a timely and analytical manner. the processing by parameterizing them to current events. Even more so when we do not intend to forget that the reasons presupposing the persistence of the different specialties are to be found in the insular geographical position of the region, in the presence of deep-rooted linguistic minorities, in the particular conditions of primary and secondary backwardness induced by some of them. And even more so when, presumably, starting from such incontrovertible "conditions" of minority, what makes the difference would appear to be the different methods of attribution of financial resources and certainly not, contrary to what one would be led to believe, the exercise (not always satisfactory, indeed, in terms of concrete implementation) of exceptional legislative powers in derogation and/or special of state legislation, which too often remained, at least it would seem, on the pure and simple level of paper.
