Business · Energy & Commodities · 10 hrs ago
Confindustria chief urges energy focus and calls for ETS suspension
Emanuele Orsini, head of Italy’s Confindustria business group, spoke at an Assolombarda meeting in Milan.
He said the ETS is having a strong impact on the ceramics, paper and glass industries.
Orsini called for energy policy to be guided by competitiveness rather than ideology, but did not take a position on whether Russian gas should return to the market.
He said Confindustria would go to support suspending the ETS on Thursday.
Orsini also said Italy needs to strengthen its energy sovereignty and compete with countries in Europe and beyond.
He urged the government to continue investment support, saying the hyper-amortization measure had helped economic growth.
Requests made in the measure’s first months represented more than €7 billion in investment, compared with €2.5 billion provided by the government.
Confindustria president Emanuele Orsini called for the EU Emissions Trading System to be suspended, saying energy costs affect industrial competitiveness.
He said the ETS is having a major impact on the ceramics, paper and glass sectors.
Orsini said Italy should protect its basic industry and make energy a priority.
He said there should be no ideology in discussions about energy, but did not take a position on returning to Russian gas supplies.
Orsini also said requests for investment under the hyper-depreciation measure exceeded €7 billion in its first months, compared with €2.5 billion from the government.
- Who
- Emanuele Orsini, president of Confindustria.
- What
- He urged a suspension of the ETS and said energy should be a priority for industrial competitiveness.
- When
- He spoke at the time of the Assolombarda assembly; the article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- At the Assolombarda assembly in Milan.
- Why
- He said the ETS is affecting some industrial sectors and energy costs influence competitiveness.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Orsini spoke on the sidelines of the Assolombarda assembly in Milan about energy, the ETS and industrial priorities.
Orsini said Confindustria would go to support suspending the ETS.
- Affected sectors
- Ceramics, paper and glass
- ETS position
- Orsini called for its suspension
- Investment requests
- More than €7 billion in the first months
- Government investment
- €2.5 billion
What people are saying
there should be no ideology on energy
we will go on Thursday precisely to support the fact that the ETS will have to be suspended
We need to safeguard basic industry too
Sources
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