Maurizio Gardini was reconfirmed as president of Confcooperative for the 2024 – 2028 mandate by the Confcooperative assembly. Voting by secret ballot by the approximately 800 delegates representing the 17,000 participating cooperatives who elected Gardini, 63, president of the Conserve Italia Cooperative Group (Cirio, Valfrutta, Yoga, Derby).
«On the deferral of superbonus credits to be made compulsory for 10 years – Gardini says – it would trigger a time bomb that would bring businesses to their knees, fueling disputes that would involve companies, banks and families: a shock that must be avoided».
In his report, Gardini put forward proposals to politicians to relaunch the country’s competitiveness: stop the “Lagarde tax”, the weight of the cost of money is unsustainable, in services only 1 in 2 companies manages to access credit; consolidate the cut in the tax wedge; investing in training and active policies to reduce the gaps in the “paradox” Italy where the employment boom is counterbalanced by a very high number of inactive people 12.3 million and NEETs 2.1 million, in addition to the mismatch, the now structural lack of professional figures which slows down the competitiveness of businesses; fight false companies of all types of companies that exploit 2.8 million workers and regularize PA payment times.
Requests made in the presence of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the CEI and addressed to the government for which the deputy prime minister Tajani and the ministers Urso, Fitto, Calderone and Locatelli intervened.