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Bill: P.d.l. 07/4374 - Proposal to establish the SNFS (State TOC)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alleanza Radicale - NCD
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 4375
Description[?]:
Simone Calenda, AR: "Mr Speaker, our country as the possibility to secure furthermore its position as great economic power. For century our economy developed and expanded with a relative few involvement of the country. However, I personally really think that with the State active in some strategic sectors, we can consolidate our position and bring closer state and privates, enhance their cooperation and offer to the state important tools to intervene in case of needs before the cyclicity of the free market economy. Among the proposal we have, one about which we increased the debate inside our party, is the one to establish a State, public TOC to compete alongside the privates on the national as well as continental rail networks. Our idea is to establish a Join-Stock Company owned by the Minister of Trade and Industry (and maybe partially owned by the Minister of Finance) and partially publicly traded, called "SNFS": "Società Nazionale delle Ferrovie dello Stato" ("National Company of the State Railways"), which will have to act in respect of the principle of economicity and efficiency. Major competitivityness will also push the privates, today in practice an oligopoly in which operates 3/4 dominant companies, to avoid 'Cartel' which can undermine the quality of the service for the consumers, and in fact we would underline and remember you that Istalia doesn't have any Antitrust law! Thank you" |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 15:43:51, April 07, 2018 CET | From | PRO - Cittadini Progressisti | To | Debating the P.d.l. 07/4374 - Proposal to establish the SNFS (State TOC) |
Message | Vittoria Balzano, LdC Spokesperson on Infrastructure and Transport : We support either ONE state owned TOC or ONE privately owned TOC, otherwise our nation's railway tracks will be overused. |
Date | 15:53:18, April 07, 2018 CET | From | Nuova Unione | To | Debating the P.d.l. 07/4374 - Proposal to establish the SNFS (State TOC) |
Message | Adana al-Qhim, ULD Deputy Chairperson We believe that our nation's railroads should be used a lot, as that would just decrease air pollution. |
Date | 19:08:15, April 07, 2018 CET | From | Partito Nazionale Democratico | To | Debating the P.d.l. 07/4374 - Proposal to establish the SNFS (State TOC) |
Message | Luciano Vespa-Baldassare, AI Whip, Wait, are you planning to steal railroads from privates? Because private companies have created the railroad infrastructure! If we establish a state owned TOC, what we will have to do, and with the current govt. You will not get any funding for that I guarantee, we will have to either: nationalize railroads, which would be horrid; rent private railroads, which probably will happen as the cheapest option but will only feed into the hands of the largest corporations because the government will prefer their safer option rather than smaller TOC; or the govt. Will have to build its own railway network, the cost of which is immesurable and have its toll on the Environment. So please, all parties - except the commies who want to nationalise it - please reconsider. |
Date | 19:21:05, April 07, 2018 CET | From | Partito degli Agricoltori - NCD | To | Debating the P.d.l. 07/4374 - Proposal to establish the SNFS (State TOC) |
Message | Mr. Speaker, To our AI colleagues, there is another option without nationalizing. We suggest that the private railway companies could bid on our join venture for a contract of 10years. This means that the winning company could be considered as a priveliged partner of SNFS. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 255 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 250 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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