“We are keeping pace, like the North, but in some elements we are even ahead. But applause goes to the entrepreneurs, who have been able to be resilienti”. So Marco Gaypresident of Confindustria Piedmontopened the debate between the candidates for the presidency of the Region in front of the audience of Piedmontese industrialists, at the conference center of the Industrial Union of Turin. “But all this is not enough for us. It is not even a starting point – he added – We must grow together with the companies, in terms of turnover and size. All continuing in a European direction“.
Furthermore, the position of dialogue is nothing new for industrialists. “We have been developing and updating the document with our proposal for the relaunch of the territory since 2021 – Gay said again – We have the ambition that it can be an agenda and a dashboard for progress that we need to keep updated to understand where our region is going“.
Eleven sectors – strong points on which the Confindustria world wants to continue to focus, from the automobile to the most modern sectors. Among the objectives are transitions (green and digital), but also infrastructure, sustainability, credit and more. “Last but not least, artificial intelligence, where we can be protagonists, even in industrial sectors that may seem more distant“Gay concluded.
In the spotlight, Alberto Cirio, Alberto Costanzo, Sara Disabato, Francesca Frediani and Gianna Pentenero. Outside the Union headquarters, a garrison of Frediani supporters (including flags of Palestine and No Tav).
Pentenero: “Funds, flexibility and reindustrialization”
“We need a plan to reindustrialize abandoned areas – he said Gianna Pentenero – especially in the sectors that struggle the most and here the public’s help is needed, making the machine more flexible. In addition to the Pnrr, the structural funds will also be strategic“.
Disabato: “Clear rules, laws that don’t change”
“We need to create a solid substrate – he said Sarah On Saturday – We need to work to de-bureaucratize the system and make access to funds more fluid. There are companies that say they have waited ten years. Establish clear rules, without having the frenzy of constantly changing the laws“.
Frediani: “No to the warlike drift of aerospace”
AND Francesca Frediani he emphasized: “What I represent has not often led to contacts with businesses. We are representatives of a group of people who fear war and have little faith in institutions. And the first theme is that of aerospace: seeing a supply chain that risks a warlike drift in production is a central theme. However, we appreciate the commitment to defending the excellence of our region: we must have a priority role in this. Focus on what Piedmont is in its historical condition. But we must also pay attention to the conditions of workers, to allow our young people to remain in this area. Then we need attention to the female entrepreneur“.
Funds and projects: the Cirio recipe
Alberto Ciriooutgoing president, recalled how “It is precisely the 2021 document that has allowed us to plan along common paths in recent years. And the GDP data is important, because it brings us back to the national average, just as exports do better than the rest of the country. The battle of five years ago was to have the resources and we succeeded and the new ERDF will be worth half a billion more, reaching 1.5 billion“.
Costanzo: “Changing development model”
Alberto Costanzo invited us to imagine a new model of development, “which does not isolate the business world from the rest of society. Thinking about certain investments is not socially sustainable“.
