
FdI group leader Lucio Malan responds to the Regions protesting about healthcare funds, stating that there are no cuts but only a lack of further increases and that resources are by definition limited.
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The Regions raised protests over the funds allocated to healthcare, following a meeting with the CISL.
Those on healthcare "are not cuts: the failure to further increase is called 'cuts' but there are no cuts, they made the cuts but they were in the past".
Thus the group leader of FdI Lucio Malan replies to the reporters who, at the end of the meeting with the CISL, ask him about the outcry of the Regions over healthcare funds. "Let's see - he observes - after which it is also a question of seeing how this money is spent, that is, there is not only the aspect of the allocation, there is also the way in which it is spent. It is clear that it would be nice to have infinite resources, but resources are by definition limited".

The Laps Foundation, chaired by Lapo Elkann, will redevelop a municipal property in Novara, transforming it into a protected reception facility for women victims of violence and their children, with an investment of up to one million euros entirely paid by the Foundation. The project was approved by the Novara Council and supported by the Piedmont Region.

The Senate definitively approved, unanimously and without modifications, the enabling law on cinema. The provision establishes a Forum of experts and an Agency with organisational, patrimonial, financial and management autonomy, delegating to the Government the reorganization of the sector with three-year planning, simplified procedures and measures for independent productions, first and second works, young authors, cinemas, AI and the fight against piracy.

The Senate definitively and unanimously approved the law on cinema, establishing a Forum of experts and an Agency with organisational, patrimonial, financial and management autonomy. The government is delegated to reform the sector within two years with legislative decrees, including a National Cinema and Audiovisual Hub, three-year programming and sector welfare reform.

The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the indictment of the President of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto for aggravated fraud in relation to the monthly reimbursements of 3,893 euros for the blue car. Occhiuto defends himself in a social video, defining the affair as "petty" and announcing that he will continue.

Sergio Mattarella celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Florence flood and November 4, National Unity and Armed Forces Day, by placing a wreath for the Unknown Soldier and participating in the ceremony in Piazzale Michelangelo with the Frecce Tricolori.

Sergio Mattarella took part in the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Florence flood at the Salone dei 500, receiving long applause. He remembered the victims, the "mud angels" and the value of solidarity, defining environmental protection as a duty for the institutions. Matteo Renzi and Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Italia also spoke.