Mayors in the Campi Flegrei area have broadly welcomed the new decree for the volcanic zone and its ten-year intervention programme, while warning that support for businesses remains insufficient.
Pozzuoli mayor Gigi Manzoni said the decree adopts many of the proposals developed during consultation meetings with local administrators.
Among the measures described is a contribution of up to 30,000 euros for restoring lightly damaged properties, intended to help residents return home.
Manzoni identified support for the local productive and commercial economy as the main weakness of the measure.
Bacoli mayor Josi Gerardo Della Ragione criticized the exclusion of dozens of precarious municipal workers from stabilization measures.
According to the report, merchants, trade unions, and civic committees are seeking stronger support for businesses, artisans, workers, vulnerable people, and evacuees. Delays affecting evacuees are among the concerns raised.
The mayors of Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Quarto, and Monte di Procida gave differing assessments of the decree.
The full text and final implementation rules of the decree were not detailed in the available report, and no precise timetable for aid payments, housing returns, or municipal staffing decisions was established.
