We need to curb the foreign assault on agro-food Made in Italy. On the contrary, it is necessary to relaunch the sector with tax and fiscal interventions. This is the suggestion of PDL deputy Gaetano Nastri, who, addressing the Minister of Agriculture, draws up the long list of Italian companies that have now changed hands.
from Parmalat, sold to the French Lactalis, upon the acquisition of 70% of the Piedmontese company Gancia by the Russian Standard Corporation, passing through brands such as Bertolli, Carapello e Sasso, controlled by a Spanish group, and then again Buitoni, Perugina, Galbani, cademartori, Locatelli, they too remained Italian only in name, but under control from beyond the Alps.
A sector, the agri-food sector, which moreover "is in extremely critical conditions in terms of taxation and the penalizing and recessive fiscal measures envisaged in the decree" just passed and "due to access to credit which has become extremely difficult and complex", says Nastri .
Hence the double solicitation: the first to intervene to better protect made in Italy brands, to curb the phenomenon of delocalization "a source of concern for operators and trade associations". The second to urgently undertake "fiscal and fiscal initiatives aimed at developing the Italian agricultural and agri-food sector, in order to relaunch the entire supply chain heavily affected by an international financial crisis".
