Companies and work to the test of the vote in Calabria. Structural challenge for the governor

John

By John

The entrepreneurial world continues its transition within a dynamic scenario that is clearly appreciated throughout the South. Of course, the euphoria is firmly anchored to the perfect storm that has long through the entire economy of the Eurozone countries between system crises, increase in the cost of money, speculations, increases in raw materials and American duties. Calabria runs towards the electoral appointment of 5 and 6 October with central development and employment issues for the future governor because the work that this land needs can only come from a vital and pregnant production system. Moreover, the economic spine is there and is the one that showed exceptional resilience qualities during pandemic.

The perimeter of the production base of the Calabria company is described by the latest Moving report on the first six months of 2025. A semester that summarizes the history of companies in this land. Activities that love crisis, that heal, that slide towards the abyss, that are born and who die. Six months who closed with a growth speed that has lost, however, intensity. Compared to 30 June 2024 (marked by a rate equal to +0.45%) there was an expansion of the less dynamic entrepreneurial base (the growth index dropped to +0.39%). Overall, the stock of the economic realities recorded in Calabria fell from 186,409 of 30 June 2024 to 183,507 present at 30 June of this year. Negative variation also in the granary of active companies that have reduced over two thousand locations, going from 159,669 a year ago to the current 157,915. The balance between new activities and those ceased was +709 compared to +814 of twelve months ago. Therefore, the vulnerability of a too fragmented, not very innovative system remains, and with an increasingly small human capital.
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