Milan, 02 February 2016 – The Presidential Council of Confindustria Lombardia has decided that, once all candidacies and their respective programmes have been made official, it will meet again to evaluate a potential common position.

While not endorsing a candidate at this time, Confindustria Lombardia, mindful of the region's role as a national benchmark in terms of economic weight, competitiveness, and industrial significance, as well as its traditional influence within the Confederation, has identified several essential qualities that must characterise the future President of Confindustria.

The new President. They must be an authoritative and charismatic entrepreneur, representing a manufacturing reality with a strong propensity for internationalisation, long-term strategic vision, and recognised leadership skills. They must be determined to build a lean, homogeneous, and cohesive team of Vice Presidents, to whom precise responsibilities and mandates can be delegated, consisting of colleagues who represent the entire system and enjoy the broadest support of the membership base. According to Confindustria Lombardia, the next President of Confindustria must have the ability to promptly identify a few priority themes on which to focus their mandate. Above all: fiscal policy, the digitalisation of the economy, innovation, and the liberalisation of services.

The Confindustria of the future. The next four years will be decisive for our country; the European crisis is not resolved, and the centre of gravity for both the solution and certain critical issues lies in Italy. A country with a strong manufacturing sector must equip itself with a framework for an incisive industrial policy: Confindustria must be an active, authoritative, independent, and unified participant in this industrial policy, capable of expressing renewed planning and proactivity. It should be a privileged forum for proposing ideas and initiatives, thereby relaunching a necessary, more adequate, and modern business culture. A Confindustria in which companies recognise themselves with ever-increasing conviction and which can continue to be perceived as the primary representative body. A Confindustria capable of overcoming the widespread anti-industrial culture currently present in the country.

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• Press release Confindustria Presidency renewal - 02Feb2016.pdf