Meloni to Confindustria, Italy is growing more than other countries. "+1% GDP is within reach"

“I am confident that something better can be done than the Commission’s forecasts: I continue to believe that the +1% of GDP is within reach especially after the first two quarters. Any triumphalism would be childish but it was not a given after years spent at the bottom of the rankings”. This was stated by the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the general assembly of Confindustria. “We have started the reforms of the premiership, of justice, of autonomy” because “I would not be at peace with my conscience” if for “a quiet life” I did not continue: “we will do what needs to be done, despite many oppositions” and then “the Italians will decide” she then added.

“Accompanying the productive fabric in the challenge of ecological transition cannot mean dismantling entire sectors. The goodbye to the internal combustion engine in 2035 is one of the most evident examples of this self-destructive approach. It’s not a very intelligent strategy”. This was stated by the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the general assembly of Confindustria.

“I agree with Orsini, I thank him for being very clear on this, on disastrous results resulting from an ideological approach to the European Green Deal: decarbonization at the price of deindustrialization, he said, is a debacle. That’s how it is”. This was said by the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the general assembly of Confindustria. “Do we want to say that it is not a very intelligent strategy? And we say it because we are friends of Europe and we want to defend European industrial capacity. People who are friends of Europe must have the courage to say the things that don’t work”, added Meloni.

The speech of President Orsini

Courageous choices

“Italy is called to make new courageous choices. To begin with, we are convinced that the return to nuclear is strategic.” This was stated by the president of Confindustria Emanuele Orsini, in his report to the 2024 assembly, adding that no more time must be wasted. “We have all learned – adds Orsini – that energy independence is a matter of national security: so why don’t we all support the latest generation nuclear power, instead of continuing to supply ourselves at increasing prices from the old French nuclear power plants? Yes, it is mentioned in the new energy plan. But we all know that, if we started today, it would take at least twelve years to be able to use it. We cannot waste any more time. And we know well that the time has come, together with the economic and trade union categories, to explain the turning point to the public and illustrate how small modular reactors are much safer and less invasive on the territories compared to the large old-generation power plants. Do you think it is possible to continue to pay up to 40% more for energy than the European average? We don’t. And do you think that only the use of energy from renewable sources can satisfy our energy needs? We don’t”.

Abolish IRAP and introduce a premium rate on IRES

“Introduce the bonus rate on IRES for reinvested profits, abolish IRAP for joint-stock companies and do not replace it with an IRES surtax; restore the ACE, since the capitalization of our companies is an essential element for investing”. These are the first steps to take and which the president of Confindustria Emanuele Orsini cites in the Report to the Assembly

Keeping the bar straight on public accounts

“We are on the verge of drafting the Budget Law and, as happens every year, hypotheses, fears and hopes are pouring in. We acknowledge that the Government wants to keep the bar straight on public accounts, and we thank it for this”. This was stated by the President of Confindustria Emanuele Orsini in his Report to the Confindustria assembly.

Too many mistakes in the Green Deal

“I say this clearly, in agreement with my colleagues from the European Confindustria. The Green Deal is full of too many mistakes that have put and are putting industry at risk. We believe that this is nobody’s goal”. The president of Confindustria, Emanuele Orsini, urges Europe on this issue. “Decarbonization pursued even at the price of deindustrialization is a debacle. – he underlines in the report to the 2024 assembly – The history and the European market of the electric car that we are giving to China, speak for themselves! The Italian automotive supply chain is in serious difficulty, impoverished of its future after having created the most beautiful cars in the world and invested enormous resources to reduce emissions”. “Packaging, which has met the environmental targets set by the Commission itself in advance, – he adds – has seen the way it achieves them changed, nullifying investments and technologies in its supply chain. But plastic is sustainable if it is recycled. Ceramics has invested over 2 billion euros in technological innovation, aimed at improving environmental performance, such as air quality, and is now an international success story”.