"We understand the government's difficulty in dealing with onerous commitments, made by others, which are proving to have massive effects on the state budget. But one thing we cannot accept, in this or any other case: the retroactivity of a measure. Such a choice creates a climate of distrust and undermines the foundations of one of the main cornerstones of doing business: legal certainty"This is how Maurizio Marchesini, Confindustria's vice-president for Supply Chains and Medium-sized Enterprises and vice-president in pectore for Industrial Relations, commented in an interview in Sole24Ore on Minister Giorgetti's statements on the Superbonus credit spread.

Marchesini drew the government's attention to the need to initiate a confrontation immediately: "We hope that the government will reconsider its intentions, carefully evaluating the devastating impact they would have on the sector and its entire long and articulated supply chain. I repeat, we well understand the government's difficulties in preventing the Superbonus credit tail from jeopardising this year's programmatic deficit, indicated by the Def and approved in Parliament. But in the name of legal certainty we do not agree with the possible retroactivity. We have a non-negotiable requirement: we have to finalise existing contracts, which include, for example, advances already paid and more. Having said that we are ready for dialogue and strongly demand a confrontation with the government".

According to the vice president "lhe impact would involve the entire entrepreneurial systembecause the supply chain is very wide and goes from materials to fixtures to machinery. There would be a chain contagion, of enormous dimensions, on all the articulations of real estate. The construction world is obviously alarmed, but the fact that the credit and finance world has also reacted speaks volumes about the effects of the possible measure'.

Finally, Marchesini concluded by saying: 'Thousands of businesses, and citizens, must be able to live in a state where legal certainty allows for reasoned multi-year investment choices that cannot be changed by retroactive interventions. Otherwise, families and businesses, who have made commitments by adhering to rules that they certainly did not write and introduce, but which are in fact confirmed by the current executive, are put in serious difficulty. Legal certainty is one of the pillars of the programme of the president-designate, Emanuele Orsini, and must be the basis of the next measures. Trust between companies and institutions is at stake. The moment for the country is crucial, there is a need for investment, and chillies must be trusted'.