(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 16 - After "a path of listening, comparison and sharing of its membership base", the Small Industry of Confindustria, backbone of the Italian business system (in via dell'Astronomia it represents over 90% of the associated companies) is preparing to launch "an agenda of proposals for the strengthening of small businesses".
The point of arrival is tomorrow, in Bari, with the Assisedella Piccola Industria on the leitmotif 'Listening.
Courage.
Business.'
Giovanni Baroni, president since last November, wanted to reach us on a nine-stage journey across the whole of Italy that actively involved over a thousand entrepreneurs.
"We need to bring SMEs back to the center of the country's agenda", he warns: "We ask politics to collect the indications of the entrepreneurs who represent the most productive part of the system".
And he warns: "In a year we will go to the elections, if the Government and Parliament manage to take our proposals into account, turning them into a political agenda, we will be able to overcome this phase, otherwise we risk falling into a stagnation that can be fatal for the Italian economy and industry. ".
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