«Italy and its short supply chains a point of reference in deglobalisation»- Corriere.it

The Italian model with its short supply chains, different from the German and French ones which have stretched too much in Asia, can no longer be an anomaly but the reference in the era of deglobalisation. The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, spoke on the first day of the Vicenza City Enterprise Festival, reiterating the importance of a State present in the economy but capable of supporting the development of territories and companies that create employment.

The minister explained how the government’s intention is to focus on a new season of incentives and benefits for the business world. Since the launch of Transition 5.0. It will be – he says – a measure that will encourage companies to innovate technologically for environmental and digital purposes. Emma Marcegaglia, president and CEO of Marcegaglia Holding, after denying the rumors of his return to the top of Confindustria, insisted, in dialogue with Urso, on the issue of Pnrr resources and the reforms necessary for the country system, from the PA to the school. We cannot give up – he reiterated – these funds. Where there is a risk of not spending them by 2026, they must be converted into tax credits for companies. An intervention on the American model Ira.

According to the entrepreneur, the other major emergency to be faced in order to support growth is that of employment. Which means active policies, wages, training. Marcegaglia says: We have a high youth unemployment rate and a low employment rate especially for women and in the South. We are last in Europe and we have also been overtaken by Greece. then it is absurd that in parallel companies cannot find people to hire. From engineers to computer scientists but also maintenance workers and workers.

On this point, Minister Urso specified that the bet of the executive is the Made in Italy high school to bring the training system into contact with the industrial system. There will be one in every Italian industrial district. We have the skills to do this, we need to encourage young people to do those manual and artisanal jobs typical of Made in Italy, he adds.

In terms of energy transition, Urso then reiterated the need for a strategic and assertive European Union with respect to China. He then underlined the urgency of having a European sovereign wealth fund at the Community level to which a national one could be placed side by side to invest in critical raw materials including lithium. Resource for which an ad hoc supply chain will be built from production to processing. a cultural and industrial revolution for which we are gearing up, commented Urso.

With respect to the grounding of projects related to the green transition from the stage of the festival, the managing director of Snam, Stefano Venier, he recalled the peculiarity of the ongoing transformation. The energy sector thinks in decades, ten-year investments that must be supported by politics. Unlike previous transitions, which were driven by economic benefits, this is a non-linear, policy-driven transition. it is therefore strategic to bet on more technological solutions: from renewables to hydrogen in which Italy can be the leader in Europe. It must be recognized that there is no silver bullet, the single solution that guarantees low-cost energy on an ongoing basis, concludes Venier.