As happens cyclically, this is the time for governments to seriously start thinking about how to scrape together money in view of the definition of the new budget law. And as always happens these days, these days we talk about privatizations. To talk about it more or less explicitly are members of the government in office or representatives of political forces that are part of it. When privatizations are brought up, when the sale of public assets is mooted, almost always between These are the ports. Just remember what happened only a year ago following the proposal to privatize them thrown out there by the Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani: here find some articles from inforMARE on the hypothesis of privatization of port ports launched, as always, when the summer heat was about to give way to temperatures a little less torrid on 24 days, 24 and 30 of August and 1 and 6 of September.

Could these propositions not be revived even in the 2024? So here we are again discussing privatization of ports, an issue that in itself should be addressed, if it is considered necessary to deal with it, at more appropriate times whose. These are days in which, in order to make money, there is a risk of making inappropriate or completely wrong decisions, as happened repeatedly in Italy and abroad.

These are the days when the opposition and the social partners rattle off the reasons why this or that public asset does not are to be sold. It is the turn, today, of Valentina Ghio, PD vice-president in the Chamber of Deputies and member of the Transport Commission, the as a complaint that, "with the sole intention of making money and keeping A maneuver that promises to be blood and tears is standing, the government seems to confirm, according to press reports, privatization of Post Offices, Railways and Ports, the latter no longer proposed by the Minister Tajani alone, but validated by statements by MIT and Ministry of Economy. We are talking about privatizations that affect directly on citizens or on the protection of our economy and which are unjustified and unacceptable". Dwelling on the ports, Ghio points out that "the situation is surreal: yes law - he explains - that on the one hand there are plans to open up to private individuals following the model of airports and on the other hand to create a State holding company for the control of ports that will be listed on the Stock Exchange, as part of the umpteenth announcement of a reform of the Ports that this time would have the end of the year as a deadline. Once again confused ideas on the subject of ports, subjected to continuous changes of setting, without any path concrete".

"To date - denounces the exponent of the Democratic Party - the government's willingness to respond to the requests of the port is this: privatization of ports and holding company listed on the Stock Exchange to make decisions. That is, with a privatization and an attempt to centralize, and with the other hand proposes the potentially devastating framework of autonomy with ports being the exclusive matter of the regions, which will fragment planning even more, Competitiveness and protection in Italian airports. Quite the opposite than what is asked for by those who work in the port".

After the opposition, the social partners, with Uiltrasporti who "once again reiterates our absolute opposition to the idea that has emerged several times in the press by government representatives to privatize Italian ports". "To do cash on one of the most strategic economic assets of the our country as well as that of ports - underline the secretary and the national secretary of the union, Marco Verzari and Giuliano Galluccio - would be a very serious mistake. Italian ports must remain under public auspices to ensure competition based on transparency and compliance with the rules from contract, an important element of competitiveness of the a sector for which we also hope that the renewal".

"The spaces in concession - continue Verzari and Galluccio - must be awarded on the basis of the ability of the operators to be attractive in terms of traffic, and on a selection based on organizational effectiveness and efficiency and operational and on the basis of the adequacy of the staff. The government - conclude the two secretaries of Uiltrasporti - renounces privatization project and give concrete answers to the world Italian port sector, starting with the redundancy incentive fund! We need to maintain and enhance the value of the plant regulatory framework focused on the public context because This type of regulation has ensured the balanced development of between public interest, private interests and the protection of workers who are a fundamental part of the port system".