Orsini: «Expanding the hyperlinks of the Stability Pact, companies cannot do it» | EUROtoday

“On the Stability Pact, I believe there is no escape, I believe it is mandatory to widen the mesh.” This was mentioned by the president of Confindustria Emanuele Orsini, who spoke on the sidelines of the Leonardo Prize, awarded to Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi.

«Businesses cannot do it alone»

A query of necessity for Orsini. “We cannot think of being able to do it alone – he explained – businesses today cannot do it alone”. The reference is to the «statements that we’re seeing from throughout Europe and from all entrepreneurs: they’re of nice concern concerning vitality shock».

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«It additionally appears short-sighted to me – continued Orsini – that Europe is unable to learn this knowledge so shortly. When we see issues about vitality shocks in Europe we ignore it. We have to do it shortly however sadly we’re used to it by now, it is a Europe that does not know what it means.”

The stop to the import of Russian gas

There are two other issues. The first, also linked to the presence of Descalzi, is on Russian gas. The CEO of Eni proposed an opening to imports, given that the European Union has imposed a stop from 2027. “We should do no matter we will to assist European firms.” The second is the ETS: «Stop the ETS immediately. We understand that it needs to be reshaped but given that there is no capacity in Europe to act quickly, we need a stop. We stop it, we remodulate it and then we’ll see what the conditions are.”

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