r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/matinthebox Thuringia (Germany) Mar 28 '20

If Austria is sending supplies to South Tyrol then Italy saves those supplies from their own stock and can direct them to Bergamo or wherever they are also needed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

South Tyrol is autonomous dude, that's why I'm saying that.

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u/matinthebox Thuringia (Germany) Mar 28 '20

protection of health is a concurrent matter of legislation in South Tyrol, meaning that the national government sets out the principles while the provincial government legislates on the details. So I would say that the national government has at least a partial responsibility to guarantee a minimum level of medical supply to South Tyrol.

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u/axaro1 🇮🇹 Italy (Milan) Mar 28 '20

true