Naples is the capital of the Mediterranean and alone accounts for 25% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Campania and 7% of the entire South. The per capita GDP of its citizens is equal to 30,804 euros higher than the Italian average which stands at 30,231 euros. This Naples Capital of the Mare Nostrum it is the driving force of the industry of the future, from the agri-food sector of the Mediterranean diet to pharmaceuticals and new technologies, but it stands on the very solid rock of the undisputed primacy of its complex maritime industry and of a virtuous intertwining with the records of logistics and road transport . These latest records, unknown to most, had in the large Neapolitan shipowners the architects and financiers of a successful plan for the national and international service industry, brought to fruition.
This Naples, Capital of the Mediterranean, in an upside down world that places the whole Noon among the territories most observed and pursued by world capitals, it is an absolute unicum of global tourist and cultural attractiveness which is reported like never before by the international media to the point of having totally changed the perception from Gomorrah to a place of beauty, creativity, innovation and the future.
The perception has changed so much that it is possible to put together, with the same elegance, Caravaggiothe museums and their great discoveries, but also the Sfogliatelle, the fried pizza and even the “capuzzelle” of the Fontanelle cemetery which are shreds of what they call here the souls of purgatory.
This Naples has returned to being the city of music with the Maradona stadium which, when it is free from football, is crowded with concerts, by rappers from the Gescal district, such as Geolier, to Renato Zero and Gigi D’Alessio and to all the greats of yesterday and today called together, with full bookings reaching up to 2025 and with the Neapolitan language of the song once again dominant as it hasn’t happened since the days of Salvatore Di Giacomo and Libero Bovio. Naples is an open-air set, it has become the audiovisual capital, it is the other setting of national pop with X Factor choosing it for its final and the Rai cameras telling the story of the rebirth of the Sanità district.
All the economic records we have told you about concern the territorial borders of Common with its ten municipalities and 900 thousand inhabitants that delimit an area that produces in absolute terms around 28.4 billion euros. We also want to add that these numbers, revealed yesterday by the first report of the Naples Economy and Society Observatory, cannot be made if there is not a collective game that starts from services, simply exploded, and extends to the manufacturing and maritime industry which it drives world markets and innovates.
All this didn’t happen if there wasn’t a collective game that belongs to that unicum of culture, tourism, music, historical and musical heritage which are also the result of a new paradigm of organization of the municipal administration which dialogues constructively with the government and tries to profoundly change customs and patronage behaviors which are those that belong to the politics and society that for too long they have destroyed great natural and economic capital. Civil values and principles of efficiency that make communities better off are being discussed, but as long as the majority of this community is aware of them and makes them their own.
Here, this same report on the records of Naples documents that in this same territory there are 2 billion in unpaid taxes, 800 million in fines, 700 in Tari. There are still too many smart people and there are still too many of their protectors. This double shame must be eliminated because it is right in an absolute sense and because it is owed to all honest citizens who pay every penny what is owed. It is not tolerable that the level of education as graduates is still half that of Milan and still lower than Rome despite the absolute records of our universities and the urban regeneration projects which from post-Covid to today are not running, but flying.
It is not possible that the unemployment rate, which ignores illegal work, is still too high. It is true that the record-breaking data of the last four years, confirmed also in the first quarter of this year, are compared with a quarter of a century of abysmal structural delays, the natural culture of the collective whining and bad politics, but if we want to completely change the paradigm and consolidate it over time, as we have finally begun to do, everyone must be made to pay more and more taxes and everyone must increasingly feel the need for tax compliance as a civil obligation as well as a moral duty.
No, even more so, it is absolutely inconceivable that fires continue to be dangerously lit in Naples, such as the Camaldoli fire, perhaps because the business is kept afloat by private managers who deal with the removal of debris which is immediately collected in This emergency scenario. It is unacceptable that in this sector those who have an interest in profiting from the havoc of the environment lurk or, worse, that there are still sentinels of the territory around who also want to profit from seasonal hiring contracts to make the territory safe and contribute to carry out malicious actions.
We need to act with public-private partnerships in local transport so that the excellence achieved in airport, fast train and subway management reaches a crucial space for the quality of life of people citizens. Otherwise, you run the greatest risk of all. That the whole world perceives the miracle of Naples and that the Neapolitan citizens do not. This short circuit is the most dangerous and must be absolutely avoided.
