17 November 2006

Structural Costs and Competition

In Italy we are living a paradox. In a situation in which there is difficulty in the economic and industrial system of the country, the structural costs that companies have to cope with are higher than those in many European nations.
I’m referring, for example, to the costs of energy, of connectivity, and of motorways. Companies have to compete in a global market and often have difficulty in surviving. Thus they must have services that are of a quality and at costs on a level with Europe. The efficiency of the system that is this country starts here: from competitive services.
Italia dei Valori has decided to start a national awareness raising campaign on this issue. A campaign that will take advantage of comparative data, of discussions with the bodies devoted to overseeing the situation and a constant flow of information.
What is valid for the companies is even more valid for the families. Italy in Europe can no longer allow itself to have natural monopolies with a logic based mainly on profit and thus penalizing the system that is this country.
European prices, European efficiency to be transformed into greater possibilities for competition for the companies and solid savings for the citizens.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Economy