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Italian industry group calls April meeting ahead of elections
Confindustria will hold a national meeting in Bologna on April 14, ahead of elections in Italy.
The group represents Italian businesses and industries, and its president, Emanuele Orsini, says he expects more people to attend than the 7,000 who came to its last meeting in 2018.
It plans a series of regional visits before the meeting, which will end with a document for all political parties.
The discussions will cover pressure on European industry and the risk of losing basic industries, as well as energy costs and energy security in Italy.
Confindustria is also asking for a stable industrial plan through 2029 and support for business investment.
The group is separately in talks with the government over business issues, including how tax credits linked to the Superbonus scheme can be used.
The meeting will give politicians the group's proposals before the elections, though no response from political parties is stated.
Confindustria will hold its general assembly in Bologna on April 14, ahead of elections.
The Italian industry association says it will present political parties with a document setting out businesses’ priorities.
President Emanuele Orsini said the gathering would follow a nationwide tour and attract more people than the 7,000 who attended the 2018 assembly.
The agenda includes industry in Europe, energy costs and energy sovereignty, which Orsini linked to national security.
Confindustria is also calling for a national industrial plan and stable rules to support investment.
- Who
- Confindustria, Italy’s industrial association, led by president Emanuele Orsini.
- What
- It has called a general assembly and plans to present political parties with a document on business priorities.
- When
- The assembly is scheduled for April 14, ahead of elections. The election date is not stated.
- Where
- Bologna, Italy.
- Why
- To discuss challenges facing industry and businesses, and to urge political parties to listen to their concerns.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Confindustria held its first general assembly in Parma, convened by president Luigi Abete.
Luigi Abete called an assembly in Rimini.
President Emma Marcegaglia convened a large gathering of entrepreneurs in Bergamo, with nearly 6,000 industrialists attending.
Confindustria’s last assembly took place in Verona, where 7,000 entrepreneurs attended.
Confindustria is scheduled to hold its next general assembly in Bologna.
- Assembly date
- April 14
- Assembly location
- Bologna
- Association
- Confindustria
- President
- Emanuele Orsini
- Attendance at 2018 assembly
- 7,000 entrepreneurs
- Planned policy document
- To be given to all political parties
What people are saying
We represent businesses and industries, not politics. We hope politics listens to us.
We do not want to lose basic industry.
Energy sovereignty means national security.
We risk bringing businesses that believed in the state to their knees.