The Greens (Verdi – Grüne – Vërc), through its elected councilors, intervened last week in the municipal council during the debate preceding the vote on the new center-right government and its program.
Their judgment on the program was negative, which they largely do not share, especially with regard to cultural policies, multilingualism, the environment, sustainable mobility, gender policies (which become women’s policies), young people, the disabled, evictions and DASPOs and policies for the inclusion of the homeless and migrants.
Councilor Chiara Rabini, a former city councilor, spoke of a divided city that in a context of strong electoral abstentionism is turning to the right for the first time and of a program that is largely not shared due to its security and police nature, where the words solidarity, prevention and care are absent.
Gender policies become women’s policies, no attention to climate and environment. “The program does not find space for “Bolzano City of Music” and for the Peace Center, but above all the attack on Culture and the intention to cut support to the city’s cultural associations that have been collaborating with the municipality for years and that represent the heart of our socio-cultural fabric are serious”.
Councillor Rudi Benedikter in his speech declared: “We are ready for a tough opposition against any project or initiative that is illiberal, anti-social, discriminatory against migrants, dangerous or harmful to the urban environment or to the climate of this Council. We will oppose the sell-off of our city to oligarchs like Benko/Hager and the “longa manus” of right-wing governments in Rome or in the Province”.
While the newly elected Green City Councilor Connelia Brugger among the points touched upon in her speech underlined “Dividing instead of uniting, even in school, is a mistake against our own children and against the future of the city. Multilingualism is not a burden, it is a wealth to be cultivated, to be experienced starting from nursery school.” The newly elected Councilor Luca Di Biasio added “We found in the program contents and tones absolutely incompatible with our values and with our vision of the city. The majority has the right to govern, but this does not mean that it is always right and we will demonstrate this with a timely and uncompromising opposition in respect of the institutions, the mayor and the council”
