Yesterday in Brussels the Italian Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and PNRR, Raffaele Fitto, has presented to the Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, the proposal to establish a single Special Economic Zone for the entire Southern Italy. Fitto said Vestager welcomed the government's proposal to establish a single Economic Zone Special in the entire South of Italy exceeding the current eight special economic zones already envisaged and established in the regions Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily.

The proposal was also liked by the Association of Ports Italiani, according to whom 'this operational change would aim to simplifying the overall procedure for implementing SEZs, essential for the development of the Southern Italy. Already in the past - Assoporti recalled in a note - the association was proposed in this sense, also in order to ensure that the maritime property can be developed in a manner consistent with the law establishing the Port System Authorities, maintaining the specificity of the SEZs of port areas'.

"The SEZs - underlined the president of Assoporti, Rodolfo Giampieri - are a great opportunity for the development of the areas of the Mezzogiorno and I am sure that the proposal carried out by Minister Fitto goes in the direction of a simplification of procedures. To better coordinate the need to safeguard port SEZs, it will be appropriate to launch a I will discuss as soon as possible."