"The data tell us that 2023 will not be so gloomy, on the contrary", says the president of Confindustria, Carlo Bonomi.
"
We are doing better than our competitors
. France and Germany are lagging behind, we are gaining market shares", and for the second half of the year "we expect declining inflation and a robust recovery in international trade".
But for a full recovery, he warns, "two conditions are needed: that inflation does not flare up again, and that
the Government does not make mistakes in industrial policy interventions
. Fundamental conditions for industry to continue to run the country", is recognized "strategic asset".
AUTONOMY
Autonomy
for
Confindustria is "the beginning of a process of reflection on a very complex theme of the country".
"I think we can make some reflections", "let's discuss seriously", says the leader of the industrialists, Carlo Bonomi, and warns: "It must not be a theme of division of the country";
"We cannot afford it:
this country cannot be divided
: it has urgent problems to deal with".
To respond to the USA and China, for the "real challenge, that of the competitiveness of the European industrial system", one cannot respond "with Italy or with a regional system. For certain challenges we need at least a European dimension".
According to Bonomi, in the face of the reform for differentiated autonomy on which Minister Roberto Calderoli is working, attention is needed - warns the leader of the industrialists - on strategic sectors for the country, such as transport networks, "we must make some reflections".
One can think of "reducing them to micro-management" or it is necessary, and this is the line of Confindustria, "to keep management at a national level".
The example is the Mont Blanc tunnel: "Who should take care of it? Is it a theme of the Val d'Aosta is it an Italian theme? We have to do some reflection";
"When we thought about the 23 subjects it was 22 years ago, the world has transformed. With a lot of intellectual honesty, I believe that we can make some reflections on how the subjects can be divided".
The same position was expressed by the vice president
Vito Grassi
.
"Differentiated Autonomy cannot and must not become a new issue that divides the country, which penalizes the growth of the economy and the stability of public finances", said the vice president of Confindustria from Venice where he gathered the articulations of the industrial representation system (for a broad discussion on all open issues), and where today Minister Roberto Calderoli is also expected in a public event.
"Heavy questions", "clear answers" are needed to "achieve that national convergence which, like Confindustria, we hope with all our strength".
CALDEROLI'S REPLY Soon
comes the reply from the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomy
Roberto Calderoli
.
"We have already started a discussion with Confindustria and intend to continue this dialogue.
Nobody wants to break anything
: it is clear that every level of government represents a bureaucratic obstacle and with the elimination of some of these bureaucratic trappings I believe that the first to the business world can take advantage of it", highlighted the minister.
And on the possible cost of the reform, with respect to the various hypotheses, he says: "extracting lottery numbers";
"I believe that throwing out figures that no one has ever been able to estimate is something that creates disinformation".
