Italian employers' group
Confindustria on Friday urged political parties to talk with it
about "concrete things" ahead of the March 4 general election.
"We ask the political world to discuss concrete proposals,
which responsibly internalise the public debt condition, that
say not only what needs to be done but also how, with what
resources and with what effects" they are to be implemented, the
industrialists' federation said after a meeting of its General
Assizes.
President Vincenzo Boccia said Confindustria was "equidistant
from political parties but not from politics, with autonomy and
independence".
He said "we want good sense and pragmatism to be restored to
this country".
Confindustria proposed a 250-billion-euro plan to create 1.8
million jobs.
The five-year plan proposed to Italy's political parties
would also cut the debt/GDP ratio by over 20 points and produce
GDP growth of "close to 12 percentage points", as well as
"export growth considerably higher than global demand".
The premise, Confindustria said, is that "the plan says what
must be done, but also with what resources and what effects".
In other remarks, Confindustria warned politicians that
"there is the risk of a systemic crisis with only a few errors".
It said that Italy was "at a crossroads".
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