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Enriques (ex Consob) mocks Caltagirone, Mainetti loves Mainetti’s Foglio, Europe packs Italy

Enriques (ex Consob) mocks Caltagirone, Mainetti loves Mainetti's Foglio, Europe packs Italy

Caltagirone, Mainetti, Il Foglio, Tim, Vivendi, Prometeia, Atm and more. Press review pills

ENRIQUES (FOR CONSOB) PIZZAS CALTAGIRONE

MAINETTI LOVES MAINETTI'S SHEET VERY MUCH

VIVENDI: FAKE WARS AND REAL WARS

FLOP INCENTIVES

THE NEW PROMETEIA COURSE

DRIVERS DESPERATELY WANTED

EUROPE PACKS ITALY

MILEI SEEN BY NAIM AND TANZI

IS EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOUT THE FAKE NEWSPAPERS?

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PACKAGING CASE. EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE FROM SOLE 24 ORE:

«We are trying to dismantle the Italian and European circular economy system based on recycling, at the forefront of the world and built in 25 years with investments of billions of euros and continuous technological innovations based on the principle of technological neutrality, which precisely Europe has followed since the first EU directive on packaging in 1994. Today, however, with a 180 degree change of direction, the European Commission abandons technological neutrality and ideologically focuses on reuse, despite certified scientific evidence demonstrating that it has decidedly negative impacts on CO2 emissions, water consumption, food waste and consumer health safety". Antonio D'Amato, president of Eppa (European Paper Packaging Alliance) and Seda International Packaging Group, reiterates his concern about the approach to the packaging regulation (PPWR) which is being voted on today in Strasbourg.

What should we expect from the plenary vote?

If Parliament were to confirm the Commission's proposal, and the text was then validated by the trilogue negotiations, 30% of the GDP of Italy and many other European economies would be at risk. France, for example, only realized with last week's protest over Camembert how the existence of even its typical products could be put in danger. Hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of European workers are at risk. A measure like this could signal the collapse of entire agricultural, industrial and distribution chains, especially at a time when the European economy is experiencing one of its most serious structural crises in recent decades.

Italy has adopted a strong position. Is it also followed by other countries?

Italy, clearly and unitedly, is against this approach of the regulation and has proposed solutions that protect the environment, industry and jobs and above all reaffirm the primacy of the circular economy. This is the only way to restore competitiveness to the Italian and European economy and avoid the risk of deindustrialization and the loss of our strategic autonomy. There is growing convergence on this position from other member states.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/enriques-ex-consob-sfotte-caltagirone-mainetti-ama-il-foglio-di-mainetti-leuropa-imballa-litalia/ on Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:12:57 +0000.