The Regional Council yesterday approved the 2023-2025 Budget. It envisages over ten billion euros, four of which earmarked for healthcare, to be spent on development and employment , trying to help families in a time of crisis made even more difficult by the increase in prices . The regional stability law passed with the votes of the centre-right majority: 33 yes and 19 no.
The Junta
« Consistency with political choices, courage in committing resources and planning skills». These are the words with which the governor Christian Solinas comments on the 2023-2025 maneuver only for the current year, which received the yes of the Chamber. "Sardinia can count on a provision that gives concrete answers to the needs of all sectors for the three-year period, which goes to attack emergencies and which concretely supports the Sardinian socio-economic fabric - continues Solinas in an official note -. This maneuver strongly and decisively accompanies the recovery of Sardinia, whose positive state of health is recognized by the main national and international observers, who have attested, certified and promoted the great effort made by the Region in support of productive activities and families from the start of the Legislature to today. A path that continues today thanks to the actions of the Regional Council and the measures through which this Stability Law is articulated".
Then the councilor for programming Giuseppe Fasolino intervened: «It is a law of stability that is divided into various interventions through which the actions already started are consolidated and confirmed and new ones capable of creating development and growth are launched. It is a text that follows an overall strategic project, the result of actions taken and additions capable of creating further development and growth for the future of our land». Councilor Fasolino defines the stability law 23-25 as "a substantial maneuver based, in all its forms, on principles of justice and equity".
The main interventions
The interventions envisaged by the accounting document go to support households and businesses for the consequences of the increases on energy costs. And then mainly on loans to local authorities, the agricultural world and the environment, with measures for the mitigation of hydrogeological risk. The discussion on the Maneuver, a marathon which ended in the last few hours so as not to exceed the provisional month of exercise, inside and outside the Chamber, focused for days on the search for resources (50 million euros) for the construction of the new stadium Cagliari i. The Maneuver provides, among the most significant measures, 70 million for 2023 destined for the "energy efficiency package", divided into 40 million for families and 30 for businesses. Added to these are another 40 million for local authorities to reduce the energy costs of their buildings and public lighting, deriving from European funds for the green transition. Significant expenditure for the mitigation of hydrogeological risk with 149 million in the three-year period with 39 million to the Municipalities for planning and 110 million for works to mitigate and manage hydrogeological instability. Also found 6.8 million for the firefighting air fleet. On the health front, it is worth noting the addition of 10 million to rebalance the wage inequalities recorded in the various health units, eight for the reduction of waiting lists, and 9.3 million for the regional helicopter rescue service.
Maximum attention to the entire agricultural sector. The stability law allocates 23 million a year to compensate for losses on Community programming (CAP) 2023-2027. On the other hand, the resources allocated to scrolling the ranking of suitable candidates for the Laore competition amount to 2 million euros. Also included 15 million in 2023 for the granting of non-repayable contributions for the investment programs of artisan companies.
Big events
Finally the big events. Major events are covered by the Finance Bill, including, for 2023, the expenditure of over 6 million euros to promote the Sardinia destination thanks to the organization of the 37th edition of the America's Cup Barcelona 2024, on the occasion of the event scheduled in Cagliari " America's Cup Word Series-Cagliari 2023. The major events financed also include the Riola Sardinian motocross world championship (580,000 euros), the open water world cup (400,000 euros) and the kite world championship (150,000 euros ) .
