Water crisis: first steering committee meeting held

The first meeting of the water crisis steering committee that was established by Decree Law no. 39/2023 (the so-called ‘Drought Decree Law’), approved on 14 April this year, was held at Palazzo Chigi today. The meeting, chaired by Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini, was attended, among others, by Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies Roberto Calderoli, Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alessandro Morelli, Deputy Minister of the Environment Vannia Gava, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Economy and Finance Lucia Albano and head of the legislative office of the Ministry for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Mario Capolupo. The National special commissioner for the adoption of urgent measures related to water shortages, Nicola Dell’Acqua, was also present.