Campania road hauliers say talks with the national government have not yet produced an agreement, but the protest will ease pressure to avoid paralyzing the country.
Vincenzo Parisi, identified as a representative of hauliers in Naples and Caserta, reported the outcome after a meeting with Matteo Salvini in Milan. According to Il Mattino, Parisi said there was still no agreement and that the protest would continue.
Parisi said the hauliers would try to “mollare un po’ la presa” — ease off slightly — in order to avoid paralyzing Italy.
Il Mattino linked the protest to high fuel costs and possible consequences for supermarket supplies. The acquired reporting does not independently document the scale of any disruption to supermarkets.
Broader grievances raised by the sector in Campania include operating costs, minimum tariffs, payment times, loading and unloading conditions, a shortage of drivers, and difficulties connected to the CQC driver qualification. A Trasportounito delegation also asked for a meeting with Salvini in Campania. These points come from a separate account of a February meeting at Trasportounito Caserta and should not be read as a direct record of the Milan meeting described by Parisi.
Similarly, roadblocks and slowdowns previously reported at Campania motorway points, including the Nola tollbooth on the A30 Caserta-Salerno, Avellino Est, and the Mercato San Severino barrier, belong to a distinct mobilization and do not establish the scope of the protest discussed in the Il Mattino interview.
What remains unclear is the exact date of the main interview, how long the protest described by Parisi continued, and what, if any, agreement followed the Milan meeting.
