Urso, the ideas of the new Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy on technology and energy

The term “sovereignty”referring to key ministries in Italy such as that of Agriculture or the Economical progress, echoes like a kind of “autarchy“Of the new millennium. And it is this term that Adolfo Ursoin quota Fratelli d’Italia, the new Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, used to explain his strategy at the head of the former Department of Economic Development.

With made in Italy, the new Meloni government does not seem to refer only to the typical and excellent products of the boot, but precisely to having everything that is currently imported mainly from abroad made in Italy. “The ecological transition from fossil fuels to renewables cannot and must not mean that Europe is moving from a dependence on Russian gas to a new one dependence on Chinese technologies“, Minister Urso said in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

How much China weighs in the mega-plan on Europe’s solar panels

The answer is a lot, because 2020 75% of solar panels imported into Europe came from the Dragon. Brussels has a strategy to get out of this addiction, with some unknowns

“Let’s talk about energy sovereignty European and national “, he continued and added that he would like to “bring home, on the European continent when the economy of scale does not allow national production, some crucial productions. I am thinking of microchips, which are only made in Taiwan, drones, but also electric batteries for the cars of the future, or solar panels “. Urso outlined a clear map of the guidelines with which he intends to govern his dicastery, among which he also indicated the defense of technological sovereignty against foreign acquisitions.

To do this, Urso points to “Make ours grow national championsor our leading production chains “hoping that “European champions are born but with equal dignity for the Italians“. Fundamental tools to implement this strategy are business support, with the creation of new incentives for investmentsa redefinition of the promotional policy abroad, the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr) and the “de-bureaucratization“ processes.

Companies return to Italy: it is back-reshoring

Regarding the plan of a minor bureaucracy, the so-called deregulationUrso stresses the need for “Increase national energy production, with all available technologies, starting with renewables, without any foreclosure or taboo“. A sentence that anticipates the interest of the new minister in reopening the chapter of drilling in the Adriatic, quoted directly towards the end of the interview, answering a question about how to meet our gas needs.

Moreover, from Urso’s words, it also seems that the new ministry will broaden its competence to intervene directly on Local societies “Whenever thenational interest, with full compliance with all environmental constraints, but the authorizations cannot remain unfulfilled for years. It’s time to change “ concluded the minister. Among the sectors indicated are photovoltaic, wind, but also geothermal, hydroelectric and, finally, the aforementioned drilling “In the central Adriatic Sea”.