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| Italy: High Court OK's Vicenza US base expansion |
| 2008-07-29 |
| (ANSA) - Vicenza, July 29 - Italy's highest administrative court on Tuesday overturned a regional court's ruling against the planned expansion of an air base here to make room for American military personnel. Upholding an appeal from the Italian government, the Council of State said the TAR of Veneto, which came out against the expansion on June 20, had no remit for political questions involving Italy and the United States. It also stressed that there was no legal requirement to sound out the local population, which is believed to be largely against the expansion. The Council of State said there was no ''hard evidence'' for the kind of environmental damage protesters claimed the expansion of the Dal Molin base would bring. But the Codacons consumer group which filed the original suit against the project said it was ''not bothered'' by the Council's ruling. |
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| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-29 20:18 |