Very disappointed, worried: the government is underestimating the energy emergency. Entrepreneurs reject the decree approved on Friday with the energy measures: too little, given the prospect of a bill over 37 billion for this year and 21 for the next. Launching the alarm again: with this trend in gas and electricity, the Italian industrial system is in danger and there is a risk of the closure of entire supply chains. “It is a little non-decisive help, to amortize the crazy increases, with gas that in Europe has marked + 700%, we need a long-term plan”, comments Francesco Buzzella, president of Confindustria Lombardia.
Those of the government are “cyclical and non-structural measures, the risk that our companies are forced to reduce or even suspend production will become more and more concrete,” says the president of Confindustria Genova, Umberto Risso. An alarm that comes in unison between territory and categories, in particular those most exposed to expensive energy: «they are small spot interventions, structural measures are needed as in France and Germany. Among other things, the measures are financed with the proceeds of the Co2 auctions paid by energy-intensive companies, which should be used for the decarbonisation of the industry », comments Lorenzo Poli, president of Assocarta. Same tones from Assovetro, with the director Walter Da Riz: «The glass sector alone employs 60,000 employees, so the risk of closure is always higher. I hope there is an upcoming measure to recover ».
A “little help, while the numbers presented by Confindustria and the impact of the price increases require an overall intervention in a short time frame and with a long-term vision”, is the comment of the president of Confindustria Piemonte, Marco Gay. «If the government continues in the direction learned in these hours, the storm will become perfect. Confindustria Alto Adriatico with the consortia is at the side of the companies but in this context miracles cannot be done », is the reaction of Michelangelo Agrusti, president of Confindustria Alto Adriatico.
“There are long-term critical issues, many proposals have not been taken into consideration,” says Alessandro Spada, president of Assolombarda. “The first drafts circulated are really modest, we are disappointed, but government measures do not meet the needs of companies”, shares Angelo Camilli, president of Unindustria. “Inadequate measures, there is nothing to calm the 500% increase in gas prices, the willingness given to co-investments for additional extractions seems to be ignored”, says Giovanni Savorani, president of Confindustria Ceramica.
“Disappointing” signals for Luigi Traettino, president of Confindustria Campania: “We must reverse the course with structural measures in Campania, the situation has become unsustainable”. For Sergio Fontana, president of Confindustria Puglia and Confindustria Bari-Bat “warm panels are no longer enough, companies are asking that Italy, like France and Spain, make a strong choice of industrial policy”. Even the industrialists of Calabria are not satisfied, as number one Francesco Somma says: «The government has taken up our requests, but – he said – has not taken into account the proposals we have made. The situation will have economic and social consequences ». An emergency which, for Roberto Valvassori, Anfia delegate (automotive industry) represents «a real pandemic. Entire industrial chains have high orders but due to expensive energy they are unable to decide whether to produce at a loss or stop ».