( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “without open procedures.” The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer. [CutID: <Cuts> ITALY-EU-BEACHES-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: ITALY-EU-BEACHES-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: without open procedures] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. After the latest extension approved […]
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Italy, EU locked in long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “without open procedures.”
The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer.
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Title: ITALY-EU-BEACHES-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: without open procedures]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. After the latest extension approved by the conservative government of Giorgia Meloni until the end of the year, Rome has now run out of options and will be forced to comply with EU rules from early 2025.
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VERBATIM: For nearly two decades, the European Commission has been locked in a legal tug-of-war with Italy over its beach concession practices. Officials have accused Italy of lacking transparency and breaching competition rules. Italian governments have staunchly resisted EU directives requiring competitive tendering, persistently renewing the existing beach concessions without open procedures.