Can Italy build the world's longest suspension bridge despite clash with audit court?

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Can Italy build the world's longest suspension bridge despite clash with audit court?  Italy's government has vowed to go ahead with the government's plan to build a  €13.5 billion bridge across the Strait of Messina despite Italy's Court of Auditors shooting down the plan. Can it be bypassed?  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/05/can-italy-build-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-despite-clash-with-audit-court  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Can Italy go against the court of auditors and build the world's longest suspension bridge?

00:09Last week, Italy's court of auditors rejected the government's plan to build a 13.5 billion

00:15euro suspension bridge connecting Sicily to the region of Calabria across the Strait of Messina.

00:20After the court delivered its conclusions, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned it

00:24as another judicial intrusion into the powers of the government and parliament.

00:28According to Nicola Lupo, Professor of Constitutional Law at Lewis University,

00:33the government's criticism over the judges is not relevant.

00:36La polemica del governo verso i giudici è un po' forzata.

00:39La Corte dei Conti non agisce come giudice, agisce come ordine di controllo del governo.

00:44A caldo del governo, a firma della Presidente del Consiglio, quel comunicato confonde un po',

00:49lo fa apposta.

00:51Se la prende con i giudici e con la riforma della giustizia, non c'entra molto.

00:54Later, the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini adopted a more measured tone,

01:01saying the government would away the court's comments with complete calm

01:04and was confident he could respond point by point, having complied with all regulations.

01:09But can Salvini and Meloni really bypass the court of auditors?

01:13According to Leila Simone Talani, Professor of International Political Economy at King's College,

01:18the government does have that power.

01:19The very quick answer is that yes, the government can bypass the court of the accounts,

01:25simply by stating that this is a project in the public interest of Italy,

01:32in the superior public interest of the country.

01:35And if they decide in the Council of Ministers that this is the case,

01:38which is very likely that they will decide, then they can overcome a court of accounts.

01:43Italy will have to wait for the court's full rezoning, expected within 30 days,

01:47before deciding its next move.

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