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Confindustria chief warns craft groups over proposed law revision
Confindustria president Emanuele Orsini criticised craft associations as Italy reviews its framework law on the craft sector.
He said the debate should focus on protecting workers, fair competition and business growth.
Orsini argued that the issue is how the law defines craft businesses, not the craft sector itself.
He warned that companies doing industrial work could use the craft classification to gain economic and social contribution advantages.
That could mean workers face less favourable pay and contract terms, while similar businesses pay different levels of social contributions.
Orsini also said the rules could discourage companies from investing and growing, and distort competition; the review is the next step, but no outcome is stated.
Confindustria President Emanuele Orsini warned craft associations not to defend only their own interests and finances in a proposed revision of Italy’s framework law on crafts.
He said the revision raises concerns about worker protection, fair competition and growth in the productive system.
Orsini argued that some firms could use the legal definition of a craft business to obtain economic and contribution advantages unrelated to their actual activities.
He warned that workers, the pension system and businesses that invest and grow could be harmed.
- Who
- Confindustria President Emanuele Orsini issued the warning. He addressed craft associations.
- What
- Orsini warned craft associations not to defend only their own interests and finances during a proposed revision of the framework law on crafts.
- When
- October 29, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Orsini said the revision could allow firms doing industrial work to obtain economic and contribution advantages, potentially harming workers, the pension system and fair competition.
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- Speaker
- Emanuele Orsini, president of Confindustria
- Statement date
- October 29, 2026
- Organizations represented
- More than 140,000 businesses and nearly 5.5 million workers, according to Orsini
- Proposed change
- Revision of the framework law on crafts
What people are saying
the craft associations must explain whether their real objective is to defend craftspeople or to defend their own system of representation and their own budgets
the problem is not crafts. The problem is those who seek to use a legal definition to obtain economic and contribution advantages that have nothing to do with the true nature of a craft business