Meloni’s warning and Longobardi’s call for reforms
Meloni’s strong message
At the Meeting in Rimini, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned that the European Union risks becoming irrelevant on the global stage. While world powers accelerate in innovation and competitiveness, Europe remains stuck in bureaucracy and delays.
Longobardi: a concrete alarm
Paolo Longobardi, president of Unimpresa, stressed that this warning is real, echoing concerns already raised by Mario Draghi. Only deep reforms that combine cohesion with efficiency can prevent Europe from being overwhelmed by global competition.
The need for a common strategy
According to Longobardi, Europe must build a shared industrial agenda, coordinated fiscal tools and investment policies supporting businesses and research. Without this, European industries risk losing ground in an increasingly aggressive global market.
Rediscovering cultural roots
Beyond economics, Meloni also highlighted the need for Europe to rediscover its cultural identity. Longobardi agrees: Europe must once again become a vision, not just regulation, guided by shared responsibility and a renewed awareness of who we are.
A united Europe for Italian businesses
For Italian SMEs, this means relying on a Europe that can act together, protect its markets and strengthen its strategic autonomy. The risk of internal division is high, but the price of failure would be economic and political marginalization.