Giorgia Meloni and Coldiretti put the brakes on the development of solar energy in Italy

The government, on energy, is in a huge conflict of interest, which is why prices do not fall: Snam, Italgas and Terna beat Microsoft, Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook). Italy’s publicly controlled companies that transport or distribute gas and electricity to citizens and businesses are more profitable than some of the world’s largest, most technologically advanced and important companies in the business of the future: cloud, data centres and artificial intelligence. In short, Big Energy beats Big Tech

Lusetti (Confcommercio): ‘Let’s not harass farmers. Price rises cause energy and climate’ (and raw materials)

The fact of not dealing directly with farmers CANNOT be a boast because it means that those who buy, in the large-scale retail trade, are not doing it well because they accept intermediaries and opacity in the purchase prices and margins of all the actors in the chain. Most probably, by negotiating directly with farmers, they could obtain better prices that would benefit their customers

Quick Take — What the new decree on dealcoholised wine sets out, and why the sector has been waiting for it for a long time

The decree comes after a long period of anticipation [and opposition from the Ministry and Coldiretti] on the part of the wine sector and industry associations. In recent months, the issue of dealcoholised wine has remained in a regulatory limbo, which has slowed down investment, experimentation and industrial planning, despite the fact that the European legislation was already in force.

Trade associations had repeatedly called for action to clarify, above all, the tax and authorisation aspects, which were considered the main obstacle to the segment becoming fully operational in Italy. The lack of a regulatory framework governing excise duties and the management of tax warehouses had, in fact, created legal uncertainty for producers interested in developing ranges of dealcoholised or partially dealcoholised wine .

With the signing of the decree, the regulatory framework within which the sector can operate has now been established, at least as regards tax treatment, authorisations and operational procedures relating to production and storage.

The decree was signed by the Minister for Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, alongside Cesare Prandini, President of Coldiretti

PDO & PGI certifications

‘Two thirds of the pork legs processed in Italy come from pigs bred in Spain and Northern Europe…’. And unfortunately some scandals – such as prosciuttopoli – have shaken the sector: we need ad hoc marketing campaigns that explain the value of the PDO