Overview
- On May 28 the Cgil wrote to Commissioner Jessika Roswall seeking suspension of the €14 billion bridge’s authorization over serious technical, environmental, normative and social criticalities.
- The union argues the environmental impact assessment is incomplete, fails to analyse less impactful alternatives and does not meet EU Habitat Directive derogation conditions.
- Pino Gesmundo warns that the project's designation as military infrastructure lacks backing from any official EU or NATO documents and could heighten security risks for over a million local residents.
- Cgil demands a formal binding opinion from Brussels and a dedicated meeting to verify that the project complies with EU environmental and procedural rules before any work begins.
- The move intensifies scrutiny of government-backed derogations to national and EU regulations and fuels debate over regulatory oversight of the Sicily-Calabria link.