Trento, latest news. Nuclear, Pichetto: 'I take for granted a collection of signatures for referendum'

'I take it for granted that someone will start collecting signatures'. Thus the Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, at a conference at the Festival of Economics in Trento, regarding a possible referendum on nuclear power. 'I am confident because the referendum is the highest expression of democracy, but it is necessary to give correct and fair information. I understand that there are perplexities but we must give as much information as possible'.

61% of specialist doctors and family doctors and 37% of nurses claim to have used Gen AI, i.e. generative artificial intelligence, almost always on generalist platforms. The figure emerges from the latest research by the Milan Polytechnic's Osservatorio Sanità Digitale and was illustrated at the Trento Festival of Economics. "AI," explained Observatory director Chiara Sgarbossa, "can generate a profound impact on clinical practice and patients. Its diffusion, however, requires an approach guided by responsibility and a sense of urgency because these tools are rapidly entering the everyday life of professionals and citizens alike'. Crucial is training: training on generalist AI for the moment only affects 30% of healthcare professionals. "The value of an artificial intelligence algorithm is not in seeing or not seeing a fracture, but, for example, in improving the patient's path from when he arrives in the emergency room to when he leaves it," warned Andrea Laghi, director of the Department of Imaging Diagnostics, Irccs Istituto Clinico Humanitas. For this to be possible, we need a multi-professional team that includes biomedical engineers, clinical engineers, data scientists, legal and administrative experts. As for the new generations, our first graduates from Humanitas MedTech, i.e. from a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery enhanced with the biomedical engineering part, will already be natives in this field,' he concluded.

'I believe that this electoral law will be done, we will see if there are adjustments to be made. We have heard 70 people, including constitutionalists and associations. I believe that a first reading will have to be defined by the summer. The 3% barrier may be fine, then we will see what will emerge from the debate,' said Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification, guest at the Festival of Economics in Trento. "The instability of the last ten years has cost 265 billion euro more in interest on the public debt, so will we need a law to make the government stable? I think so,' Casellati concluded.

"Italia's potential growth is today held back by the demographic trend, which can and must be governed. First of all, by increasing labour market participation, especially by encouraging young people and women. In Italy, in fact, there are more than 12 million inactive people. It is therefore important to know their characteristics through accurate data, in order to design targeted policies oriented towards training, care services and work-life balance policies'. This was said by Upb president Lilia Cavallari at the Trento Festival of Economics. "Another lever for the growth of the economy and wages comes from the ability to innovate, including with measures and processes that encourage the spread of innovation in companies and the transfer of human capital. It is in fact the sectors with the highest added value, with the highest skills, that make the economy and wages grow,' he emphasised. Therefore, 'sustained growth requires investment in human, physical and technological capital. And it is more necessary than ever to strengthen our productive capacity, as low growth in Eu and high debt are vulnerabilities,' Cavallari concluded.

Artificial intelligence presents 'many pitfalls' to the information and publishing sector 'but we cannot back out'. This was pointed out by the CEO of Il Sole 24 Ore, Federico Silvestri, in the debate on information, social networks and AI at the Festival of Economics, calling into question first and foremost "the issue of copyright" and "that of the recognisability of sources" and the provenance of information released by artificial intelligence platforms. On the confrontation between publishers and journalists on the employment risks that a massive introduction of AI may entail: "It is the rejection of AI that may jeopardise employment levels: the need to adapt is inescapable, so it is urgent to make the best use of AI today".

The government is working to ensure that the choice of tax relief on productivity bonuses has continuity. This was indicated by the Minister of Labour, Marina Calderone, in her speech at the event 'Artificial Intelligence, Productivity and Employment' at the Festival of Economics.

"We work to provide stability," Calderone premised. "Regarding the subsidised taxation on productivity performance bonuses in general, from the 10% that it was in 2022, in the first Finance Act we raised it to 5% and in the Finance Act of 2026 we lowered it to 1% by raising and expanding the ceiling."

Electoral law reform 'is done' and 'I believe that between the two bars, which are being discussed,3 per cent can be a fair thing'.

So said the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, Roberto Calderoli, during an event at the Trento Festival of Economics, when asked whether the government majority will approve a new electoral law.

"I think I have a fairly philosophical mindset. We took note of the will of the Italians, I took political responsibility and would have accepted a request for resignation with serenity. Of course, I do not hide my disappointment at the referendum result'.

This was said by the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, speaking remotely on the panel 'Work and Prison between dream and reality', at the Spini di Gardolo Prison, during the Trento Festival of Economics, organised by the Il Sole 24 ORE Group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

"I believe that all these things should be left to what are the company dynamics. You know that we have also incentivised in the 2026 budget law everything that pertains not only to bonuses and therefore to performance bonuses but also to the development of what are productivity and second level agreements'. This was emphasised bythe Minister of Labour, Marina Calderone on the sidelines of the Trento Festival of Economics, replying to those who asked herwhat she thought about the use of Ia and the fact that it could lead to a reduction in working hours.

"Where companies, as part of a process obviously agreed with the workers and their representatives, have the ability to identify organisational models that lead, with a view to a greater distribution of working hours, but also in terms of productivity, to also define a short week, as is already applied in some major Italian companies, I believe that these experiments should be viewed with attention and also with favour," the minister added.

After the latest stops in schools in Scampia, Bologna, Milan and Rome, the tour dedicated to road safety and the promotion of correct driving behaviour, promoted by the State Police and Autostrade per l'Italia, arrives at the Trento Festival of Economics with the 'Sicurezza in movimento' panel.

The meeting, moderated by radio journalist Enrico Galletti, featured a discussion between deputy police chief Fabio Mazza, director of the Trento Traffic Police Operations Centre, and Giuseppe Della Porta, director of the Udine branch of Aspi.

"A 17 percentage point cut in pension income compared to the last paycheck: this is the prospect awaiting those entering the labour market today compared to those retiring now. A real mortgage on the future that adds up to wages that are among the lowest in Europe. It is the result of cross dynamics that have intertwined and developed over the last 30 years'.

This is how Maurizio Gardini, president of Confcooperative summarises with concern the Censis Confcooperative data presented at the Trento Festival: 'Work and pensions on a rollercoaster ride between opportunities and traps of the future'.

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"Incentives must be selective, targeted by target group of beneficiaries and by type of activity benefited: if they are well monitored and selective, they incentivise private spending and do not think about public funds".

This was said by President of the Parliamentary Budget Office, Lilia Cavallari, at the Festival of Economics. "If, on the other hand, they are non-targeted, non-selective and difficult to monitor then they can create problems as was the case with the Superbonus," she added in response to a question from the audience on the role of incentives in relation to the keeping of public accounts.

If we in Italy want to free ourselves from the problems of energy supplies and energy dependency, 'we must focus on domestic energy: renewables and batteries, and then nuclear, as much as possible. We must make it the main source of our energy consumption and we must electrify consumption'. So said Enel chairman Paolo Scaroni during the panel 'The Future of the Green Deal' at the Trento Festival of Economics.

"Spain has made an extraordinary plan, of fifty actions, dozens of ministries involved, on attracting young people. The results have yet to be evaluated, but Italia has done nothing or very little. There is no real strategy on young people'. This was said by Renato Brunetta, president of the National Economic and Labour Council (Cnel), at the Trento Festival of Economics.

"Rosina (Catholic University, ndr) says, and she is right, we should not talk about demographic winter, because after winter there is no spring. We have a demographic glaciation. And when things happen in demography, it takes decades to change the sign,' Brunetta added. We have lost young people "because of a lack of trust: it is a judgement on fathers, grandfathers, the ruling classes, journalists, politicians... When a young person no longer has hope, no longer has faith in his country, he leaves," said the CNEL president.

'Immigration is and must above all be an opportunity, but we must be careful because to deny that it can also be a problem to be managed with all the complexities is to make an ideological operation that gets us nowhere'. This was stated by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.

Immigration, he added, 'is certainly an opportunity' in reference to 'the demographic crisis that is also reflected in a need for our production system', but we must consider that it is not just a matter of 'economic cogs' but of 'people, human beings who also express other needs and necessities' that must be managed.

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The new initiative, presented to the national and international business community at the 21st edition of the Trento Festival of Economics, is configured as a system project, a soft power lever capable of influencing decisions, orienting strategies and fostering stable relations between public and private actors.

"The regulation of digital evidence is a step forward, because it provides certainty in the process of the judge's free conviction. This European regulation transposed in February this year and issued in 2025 stipulates that even digital service providers are obliged to notify national authorities of the start of their activities and thus open a branch and representative office in Europe to which the legal order for the storage of data and the production of digital evidence must be notified. This is the task of the cyber division of the State Police.

This is a big step forward because we still live with a catastrophic difference: if a tlc company in Italia wants to start up a telephony service production, it has to apply for a government concession and is subject to compulsory services such as data retention, or the display of a printout. Things that you cannot impose on an international provider'. This was said by Police Chief Vittorio Pisani, speaking at the Trento Festival of Economics.

"I think and hope that he will pay a high price in the upcoming mid-term elections, because he is a president who promised to end conflicts and improve the economic conditions of Americans". This was said by Elly Schlein speaking about Trump at the Trento Festival of Economics, organised by the Il Sole 24 Ore Group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

'We need public-private partnerships to do high-level conservation of ecosystems'. This is the path indicated by Andrea Illy, president of illy Caffè, during his participation in the panel ''Tools and strategies to regenerate ecosystems'', an event organised on the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day within the Trento Festival of Economics.

Ecosystems, recalls Illy, "are a public good" and conservation at the private level "there are those who can do it, where there is a very strong synergy with their value chains, as in our case of coffee, for example" but "most companies do not have this advantage of being able to work in direct contact with ecosystems". Hence Illy's suggestion to focus on public-private partnerships.

"Smart cities and smart lands are intelligent infrastructures designed to improve the quality of life, the efficiency of territories and the impact on the environment. Thanks to Artificial Intelligence, integrated with cloud, IOT and next-generation networks, administrations can transform data into advanced services and thus faster decisions." This was stressed by Quang Ngo Dinh, CEO of Olivetti and Head of enterprise plan & execution of Tim during his speech at the Trento Festival of Economics.

"This transformation can become even more strategic if it rests on a model of digital sovereignty that guarantees both security and control of sensitive infrastructures. Tim plays a central role in this path and provides its public and private customers with expertise, platforms and secure networks to accompany the digital transformation. The country's competitiveness will increasingly depend on the ability to combine innovation with industrial skills