Milan Malpensa airport could be named after Silvio Berlusconi. The announcement was made by Matteo Salvini, who anticipated that the green light from the ENAC Board of Directors has already arrived. The initial proposal, which saw Linate as the airport affected by the name change, was opposed by the Milanese mayor, Beppe Sala, who has always justified his opposition with the ten-year rule: the time that must elapse between the death of a well-known figure and the naming of a public place. «I certainly defend the ten-year rule - he reiterated -. For some, and I'm not referring to Salvini but in general, the rules are made to be bypassed, for me the rules are made to be respected." The president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, is instead in favor of the initiative. «A fair tribute»: this is how the governor commented on the news of the approval from the ENAC Board of Directors. «We are certain that Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and his ministry - he added - will carry forward this proposal. A recognition that follows the naming of the Belvedere on the 39th floor of Palazzo Lombardia, seat of the council and symbolic place of our region, after Silvio Berlusconi".
The opinion of Pierfrancesco Majorino, leader of the Democratic Party in the Regional Council, is diametrically opposed. «It seems to me to be a truly inappropriate choice to name Malpensa airport after Silvio Berlusconi. The former prime minister was a divisive man and a person with a very ambiguous history, in which many Lombards and many Italians do not recognize themselves." Finally, the party founded by Berlusconi rejoices. "Thanks to the Enac Board of Directors for having voted in favor of a proposal which, like Forza Italia and together with the Lombardy Region, we have supported from the beginning" wrote the Italian MP and Undersecretary of State at the MIT, Tullio Ferrante, in a note.
(Unioneonline/ss)