On the Confindustria chessboard, Morphy's move (flushing out the opponent) does not seem to have achieved success up to now. Have fielded the candidacy of Giuseppe Pasini ahead of time and in ways far removed from the procedures of the House, it did not serve to stir up the even rough waters of Viale dell'Astronomia or to obtain the objective of arousing other candidates as opposed to the Brescian industrialist.
With each passing day it becomes clear that the choice made in Brescia but suggested elsewhere had the sole purpose of anticipating the node of the confidential consultations of the Wise Men in the survey among the Associations, thus forcing the candidates to a preventive competition, perhaps even a little excruciating, but aimed at claiming a mediation, better if embodied by the outgoing top management and by those executive.
Giuseppe Pasini after almost a month it only received the support of Federacciai, authoritative but with few votes. From the other confederal planets to date nothing. On the other hand, it could not have been otherwise. Morphy's move used to flush out Giuseppe Fontana's Milanese candidacy and, where appropriate, those of others too, was not successful.
Assolombarda continues to act in the most absolute confidentiality, avoiding any breach of the statutory procedures and the work of the wise men, deserving the title of respectful guarantor of the stability of the associative system. A strategy that meets growing appreciation and that is supported by a very effective communication skills. It was necessary to know. It was enough to look at the Assolombarda summit to see the vice president at work Antonio Calabrò, an old fox of journalism and communication.
The attitude assumed by the Lombard territorial associations, which remained secluded and in noisy silence, should be evaluated equally well, even though they were solicited to pronounce themselves on Pasini's candidacy. The availability of the very powerful must also be read Federlegno, owner of the Salone del Mobile, ready to play, if necessary, the candidacy of its President. Even Federalimentare maintains the same line and does not fail to remember that in its deck of cards there can be many aces, authoritative and, if necessary, winners.
Vincenzo Boccia, who took office as president of Luiss in continuity with the recent practice that requires outgoing presidents to hold prestigious positions at the top of the system or in those of publicly owned companies, preaches the need for strong mediation capable of favoring a unified candidacy. The "bellows" that indicate the possible competitors in Garrone or Tronchetti Provera by Giuseppe Pasini are directed to organize a race attended by several competitors so as to make it difficult to summarize the Essays and the percentages of consensus claimed by the Statute. For this reason, Fontana's industrious silence sounds like a first sign of renewal of the Confindustria representation.
Last Monday's Milanese lunch reserved only for the presidents of the Confindustria territorial divisions, organized to address the crux of the candidacy of Giuseppe Pasini from Brescia, ended up complicating its feasibility. No support came from the participants except a diplomatic appreciation from the Lecco association which counts among its members the Caleotto ironworks owned by the Brescian industrialist.
Those who expected from that meeting also a formalization of the candidacy of the Milanese Giuseppe Fontana as opposed to that of Giuseppe Pasini were disappointed and we will still have to wait a long time, at least until the statutory procedures have officially opened the whole game. Assolombarda did not speak, maintaining that shrewd strategy intended to strengthen his role in the system and letting time pass while the Brescian candidacy slowly crumbles.
In the meantime, the strongest categories are moving without clamor but weaving relationships aimed at giving a significant change to Confindustria. This is the case of Federalimentare who is able both to support a weighty candidacy and to offer his own after the silences of Boccia's four-year period ended up putting the food Italian. The Federlegno sector is warming up the muscles of its President who is able to keep the sector united not so much in the face of Brescia's candidacy as in the maneuvers of some pass-presidents committed to building a role of mediation and, in fact, patronage.
