Every summer, millions of Italians flock to the beaches lining the peninsula’s coastline, and the thousands of privately-run bathing clubs that are a fixture of holidays here. Yet, these ‘lidos’, or beach clubs, are keeping both Rome’s parliamentarians and its environmental activists particularly busy, as a fresh controversy erupts over government reforms to open up concessions on Italy’s seashores.
After years of pressure from the EU, Italy’s multi-party coalition government has agreed to put Italy’s private beaches out to tender by January 2024, with the reform having passed through the Senate this May.
This means that there will be public competitions to rent out these lucrative beach spots, as well as
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