Not only tourism but also industry and manufacturing to relaunch the economy of Sardinia. Recovery is on the horizon but reforms and economic interventions are needed to get the whole system back on track. Concepts that the president of Confindustria Carlo Bonomi underlines during the regional assembly of Confindustria Southern Sardinia at Cagliari Elmas airport. “We will continue to support the government’s action, so that the reform season finally begins. The country has been at a standstill for too long, we need to reactivate the path of reforms “he says, also recalling the” enormous public debt “.
Monetary policy
“With the rise in rates we will certainly have problems, the increase is not the solution, we need economic interventions”. On the island where precariousness and crisis are felt most, the leader of Confindustria also speaks of the minimum wage which “is not our issue, but of other sectors”. “If the government wants to do it, take responsibility for it – he stresses -. The important thing is that it does it well and does not cause a disaster by applying something that ‘weakens’ the national collective bargaining ”. Also because “it is a proposal for a European directive, which will still have to be approved by the Parliament of the European Council. Moreover, there is no obligation to transpose, but we are talking about a gross salary of 9 euros per hour. Confindustria’s collective agreements are all superior ».
The crisis
And then the crisis that arose even before the conflict in Ukraine: «Raw materials and energy have increased since last year even though the war has certainly accentuated the slowdown. 800 billion was spent on not solving the country’s problems. On the contrary, we only had a doubling of the poor, passing to 5.6 million ”. Sardinia is also part of this scenario, where we must “return to having attention” for the industry. «Over the years it has been shown that industry and manufacturing can be done here, and can be done competitively. However, we must create those conditions for this to develop. And infrastructures are essential for this ».
Sardinia
Arguments shared by the president of Confindustria Southern Sardinia Antonello Argiolas who highlights how for Sardinian entrepreneurs it is “even more fundamental now to find the necessary energy to react and set up a path of growth”. And which must pass from overcoming diseconomies such as insularity. «Our companies do not ask and do not want assistance. They just want to be enabled to compete on an equal footing with the rest of Italy and Europe ». Maurizio De Pascale, president of Confindustria Sardegna also shares the same opinion. “If we don’t solve the transport and energy issues, we can’t make much progress. The theme of insularity is very close to our hearts – he underlines -. We need an energy mix: renewables will not solve everything. We are still without natural gas. And this problem is added to that of infrastructures and connections: Nuoro is the only provincial capital without railways, we have no motorways ». So the appeal to the Region: “Help the Sardinian industry is not what it was before, but it must not die”.