Abi halved, Messina's two slaps on a short week and contractual increases displace the Confindustria of banks

THEAbionce mighty Confindustria of the bankswill no longer be the same as before. The two knockout shots that he gave her in a few weeks Charles Messina, the undisputed leader of Intesa Sanpaolo and the most important banker in Italy, they stunned, displaced, delegitimized. First the clear distance from smart working and the four-day week, which Intesa Sanpaolo experienced first and codified in an agreement with the unions despite the stomach aches from the ABI, and lastly the announced contractual increase of 435 euros a month after having withdrawn the delegation to negotiate from the ABI itself, the Confindustria of the banks has spread. Messina did what Sergio had done in 2011 Marchionne in Confindustria when, having ascertained that the industrial organization was not able to take up the innovative challenge launched by Fiat on industrial relations, he wasted no time in sterile confrontations and took the Turin car manufacturer out of Confindustria. Since then, the industrial organization has never recovered and has lost the leading role it had on the Italian political, trade union and economic scene, settling for a marginal function. Now, given the due proportions and considering the diversity of situations, Messina's double uppercut to Abi had the same effect, knocking out the willing Abi Antonio Patuelli. If an entrepreneurial organization is unable to represent the major associated reality - yesterday Confindustria with Fiat and today Abi with Intesa Sanpaolo - it can say what it wants but the downgrading and loss of role are under the eyes of everyone.