Salini: “The industrial system that should make an effort to rebuild the country is dying”

“We must realize that the pandemic has not helped an infrastructural system that was collapsing before. It is evident to everyone, we must realize that what we think is the industrial system that has to make the effort to rebuild the country is dead. or is a dying man “. This was stated, on the sidelines of the ‘Italian Reform’ event organized by EY, the CEO of Webuild Pietro Salini. As for the role of the group “for which we feel a lot of social responsibility towards the industrial fabric”, as Salini recalled, “we are investing. We have taken over many companies, saved thousands of jobs. Only with the Astaldi operation have we brought 15 thousand people who had lost their jobs to get it back. We are doing a lot on the supply chain – he said – keeping 7 thousand companies that work with us alive. However, we need tools “. “Railways tariffs have increased by 55% in the last 10 years, constructors’ tariffs no, they cannot increase. It doesn’t work, it’s very simple. The construction system has failed because they want to pay 50 builders what it costs 100”. “We cannot tackle the issue of raw materials with a decree that after a year will let those who have paid the iron one hundred know how much we will give them. We cannot”. For example, Salini said, “has gas increased, and what has Enel done? It called consumers and said ‘from tomorrow I will charge you 40% more tariff”. Then commenting on the situation of the Chinese giant of ‘real estate Evergrande added: “The role of governments should be to prevent momentary crises, trust or panic from jeopardizing the savings of a life of people who have invested. It is not possible that what yesterday was worth 100 today is worth zero. , had been invested in bitcoin I could understand, but let’s talk about real estate. It is not normal “, he added.” The liquidity crises – said Salini – are significant crises that lead to the destruction of jobs for investors. Perhaps we need to learn from lesson of Lehman Brothers, which ended with a punishment by the bank and the recovery over time of all asset values ​​”, he concluded.