Prime Minister Salvini blames Genoa bridge collapse on EU budget constraints

 ' "We are told we cannot spend money." Italy's firebrand Deputy Prime Minister Salvini blames Genoa bridge collapse on EU budget constraints as he vows to make those responsible "pay for everything" '

* Matteo Salvini said EU spending limits were preventing his country from keeping its ageing motorways safe
* He said Italy needed to spend more on infrastructure and would ignore EU budget constraints if necessary
* Italy's anti-establishment government has long campaigned as populist Eurosceptics to win election in June
* The collapse of the Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, blamed on poor maintenance, killed at least 39 people
* Mr Salvini vowed to find 'the names and surnames of those who are guilty of unacceptable deaths'
* Investigation centred on Autostrade, which operates the section of highway that includes the bridge

By Nick White - Daily Mail - August 15, 2018

taly's Deputy Prime Minister claimed European Union spending limits were preventing his country from keeping its ageing motorways safe for the millions who use them.

Matteo Salvini said the country needed to spend more on its dilapidated infrastructure and would ignore EU budget constraints if necessary to prevent another disaster like Tuesday's bridge collapse in Genoa.

'Many motorways need maintenance but often we are told we cannot spend money because of European constraints - limits, deficits, the GDP, debt,' he said.

'We should ask ourselves whether respecting these limits is more important than the safety of Italian citizens. Obviously for me, it is not.'

Mr Salvini's government, which won a surprise election in June as a coalition between his far-right League party with anti-establishment group 5 Star, has long campaigned as populist Eurosceptics.

'We should ask ourselves whether respecting these limits is more important than the safety of Italian citizens. Obviously for me, it is not.'

Mr Salvini's government, which won a surprise election in June as a coalition between his far-right League party with anti-establishment group 5 Star, has long campaigned as populist Eurosceptics.

con't....

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The financial and economic juggernauts behind the EU are the farthest of the farthest of the farthest of the extreme plutocratic right. According to their ever-self-slanted ideology, an individual could be on the far left on every issue with the exception of preserving one's people and culture... and that automatically qualifies that individual as "far right" in their press.

Here in the United States, we also have a similar problem sometimes referred to as "painted rust." Our infrastructure is in bad need of repair, You may recall the shocking bridge collapse in Minnesota eleven years ago. That should have been a wake-up call.

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'The engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed 43 people warned of its corrosion risk 39 years ago'

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