Migration, energy and geopolitical challenges in the Mediterranean top the agenda of the first day of"Furomed"

The geopolitical framework encompassing the Mediterranean region, strategic challenges, energy, infrastructure and migration, are the main topics of the first day of the Euromed Economy Festival "Feuromed" In Naples, according to the Italian Nova news agency.

Roberto Napolitano, director of "Il Quotidiano del Sud" And "Furomed" The second edition of the festival, whose activities continue until next Saturday, says: “Naples is the capital of the Mediterranean.” We signed the Naples Charter through which we highlighted the need to change the narrative of the South (Southern Italy),” he said, adding: “Feuromed also seeks to serve as a platform for discussion and meeting between our South and Africa.”

During the first day’s sessions, the CEO of the Deposit and Loan Fund, Dario Scannapico, spoke, pointing out that “in recent years, the south has declined in growth compared to the rest of Italy. The South will be the sixth most populous country in the European Union and will constitute 22% of Italy’s GDP.

The migration phenomenon

For the CEO of the Fund of Deposits and Loans, the phenomenon of migration “poses a problem for the development of southern Italy,” which represents “a natural candidate for the role of the logistical center for trade flows between North Africa and continental Europe.”

In the context of development cooperation, “the Fund for Deposits and Loans plans to open offices in sub-Saharan Africa, in Abidjan, Dakar or Nairobi,” said Scannapieko.

According to Italy’s Minister of Business and Industry, Adolfo Orso, the South “has become the development bridge for Europe, the road to Europe’s development and that is why the Meloni government must insist on industrial development strategies.” < /p>

Orso stressed that “Europe must grow in the coming decades thanks to the South, both in terms of trade routes and in terms of energy supplies, Italy is the European gas center and the electricity center in Europe, and in terms of supplying the raw materials that European industry needs.

Luigi Ferraris, CEO of Italian Railways, explained that the connection Between Naples and Bari “is one of the key works of the industrial plan of Ferrovi dello Stato, financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan financed by the European Union. This is an essential work, because it connects two densely populated regions of great industrial importance, as well as connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea. Once the work is completed, it will be possible to connect Naples with Bari in about two hours, and therefore also Rome in three hours.

High price

At the end of the morning session, Webuild CEO, Pietro Salini, said: “Italy has not invested in infrastructure in the past fifteen years and we will pay the price for that in the future in terms of competitiveness. Even significant growth in tourism does not solve the problem of the country’s development.”

Africa’s stability

For the President A2a Energy CEO, Renato Mazzuncini, “In the coming years the south will certainly have lower energy costs than northern Italy and northern Europe. There was an amazing ability for Europe to become independent of Russia, and there was a marked change in the center of gravity for Italy, which had decidedly moved to the south.

Mazzoncini stressed that “it would therefore make sense to move the industry to southern Italy,” warning that a complete shutdown of gas flows from Russia to Italy “requires stability in North Africa.”

He pointed out that energy bills “have decreased significantly compared to what they were six or twelve months ago. I imagine that they will be able to continue to decline, and we must continue to invest in renewable energy sources,” he said, recalling that Italy is one of the most centralized countries in the world.

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Claudio Farina, CEO of Strategy and Technology at Snam, announced that southern Italy has become a “strategic location for the security, affordability and sustainability of the country’s energy supply,” stressing that the energy transition will be essential for all… Technologies.

Houthi Crisis

Lapo Pestelli, director of Eni Public Affairs: “The crisis that we are witnessing in the south, the Houthi crisis and the Bab al-Mandab crisis, represents a real problem for the Mediterranean, not for energy supplies, but for all the products that arrive from there. The African circumnavigation, which then leads directly to European ports, bypasses the Mediterranean Sea, and when the routes are united, they do not return the next morning,” referring to the military operations launched by the Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, claiming that they are in response to the Israeli massacres taking place in the Strip. Gaza.

As for Davide Taparelli, President of Nomisma Energia, he pointed out, “Our system lacks competitiveness in the field of energy.” . We pay much more for electricity in Europe and Italy than in the United States, where they pay a third less than us.”

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