It was last November 17th when the Court of Auditors denied the legitimacy of the third additional act relating to the agreement between the MIT and the Stretto di Messina company. Then the decree with which the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, together with the Ministry of Economy, had approved the new rules for the construction of the work was declared illegitimate.
Today, the accounting judiciary publishes the reasons for the rejection of the project, exactly on the same day in which the Government presents an amendment to the maneuver that shifts the resources planned for the start of work on the Strait Bridge to 2033, 780 million.
In short, according to the judges, the decree relating to the third additional act of the agreement between MIT and the Stretto di Messina company would be incompatible with article 72 of the European Directive 2014/24/EU, which regulates the modification of contracts during the period of validity.
Why does the work “not comply with European standards”?
Three critical points highlighted in the reasons for the rejection of the contract between the ministries and Sdm:
In short, in some ways, the Court of Auditors’ ruling is harsh, leaving open the risk that Europe will open an infringement procedure against Italy. And not only that: we could witness endless civil litigation by other private individuals who, with the new conditions, could have participated in the tender.
