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13-449: The LIFE aims at representing and defending the interests of small and medium-sized businesses (which are under-represented in big-business dominated Confindustria , Italian employers' federation ), and takes a libertarian stance against big government , red tape , high taxation and monopolies . Its current leader is Lucio Chiavegato , who replaced Fabio Padovan in May 2013. The LIFE

26-553: A trade union , saying that they were the most oppressed workers in Italy. Since its foundation, the LIFE started to evolve to be a more broadly-based association and indeed in the last years it gained strength among entrepreneurs of Lombardy, Piedmont and Friuli-Venezia Giulia . During its history it cooperated both with regionalist movements all around Northern Italy and with the free-market libertarian Bonino List and, in general, with

39-454: A 17-day hunger strike in jail, was released on 18 April, along with Rocchetta and others, as the tribunal of Brescia did not uphold the accusations. Confindustria The General Confederation of Italian Industry ( Italian : Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana ), commonly known as Confindustria , is the Italian small, medium, and big enterprises federation, acting as

52-423: A focus on a specific issue such as a particular business sector. The 1988 circulation of Il Sole 24 Ore was 320,000 copies. In 1997 it was the fifth best-selling Italian newspaper with a circulation of 368,652 copies. The paper sold 520,000 copies in 2000 and 414,000 copies in 2001. In 2004 the paper had a circulation of 373,723 copies, making it the fourth best-selling newspaper in Italy. Its circulation

65-541: A leading role in the 2013 Italian social protests in Veneto. On 2 April 2014 Chiavegato and other leading members of the LIFE were arrested, along with other Venetian separatists (including Franco Rocchetta and two members of the Venetian Most Serene Government ), for suspected crimes including criminal association for terrorism and subversion of the democratic order. Chiavegato, who endured

78-483: A private and autonomous chamber of commerce, founded in 1910. The association network is made of 222 associations, bringing together more than 150,000 companies of all sizes on a voluntary basis, accounting for around 5,400,000 individuals. It aims to help Italy's economic growth, assisting, in doing so, its members. It is a member of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE). The President

91-673: Is Confindustria. In 2006, it was reported that Il Sole 24 Ore had Europe's highest circulation for a financial daily. Il Sole 24 Ore has its headquarters in Milan, more precisely in Sarca Avenue 223, and is published in broadsheet format . The paper reports on business, politics, developments in commercial and labour law, corporate news and features. Extensive share and financial product listings are provided in its daily supplement, Finanza e Mercati . Weekly supplements include: Irregular supplements are also produced with

104-587: Is Emanuele Orsini since 23 May 2024. Confindustria was a founding member of several organizations, including ISTUD (Istituto Studi Direzionali) and Assingegneria (an organization set up by Confindustria, which has since merged with OICE, L'ingegneria italiana organizzata - which in itself belongs to Confindustria). Members of Confindustria include ANIMA, the Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries. It owns

117-858: The Italian Radicals , maintaining even a radio program at Radio Radicale . Some LIFE members had been involved in politics, especially with Liga Veneta – Lega Nord . However many of them were soon disillusioned from it, which they perceived as too moderate and Lombardy -centred, and tried to form alternative Venetist parties. Examples include Fabio Padovan (member of the Chamber of Deputies for Lega Nord in 1992–1994, founder of Fronte Marco Polo in 2000 and founding member of Liga Fronte Veneto in 2001), Giorgio Panto (founder of North-East Project in 2004), Diego Cancian (regional councilor for North-East Project in 2005–2010) and Lucio Chiavegato (president of Veneto State in 2011–2012). The LIFE played

130-494: The Italian employers' federation . Il Sole 24 Ore is the leading financial daily in Italy. Il Sole 24 Ore was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger between Il Sole ("The Sun"), founded in 1865, and 24 Ore ("24 Hours"), founded in 1933. The latter was established by young economists, including Ferdinando di Fenizio, Libero Lenti and Roberto Tremelloni , on 15 February 1933. The owner of Il Sole 24 Ore

143-501: The prominent newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore . With local chapters all over Italy, it is popularly synonymous with Italian business. These are the main branches of the Confindustria Association: Il Sole 24 Ore Il Sole 24 Ore ( Italian: [il ˈsoːle ˌventiˈkwattro ˈoːre] ; English: "The Sun 24 Hours") is the Italian financial newspaper of record , owned by Confindustria ,

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156-444: Was 334,076 copies in 2008. The print and digital circulation in 2017 was nearly 177,000 copies. In the course of 2017, its circulation increased again in the ranking of national newspapers with the highest diffusion from fourth to third place. (Source Budget 2017) The printed newspaper is presented as part of an integrated information system which includes: Il Sole 24 Ore is published by 24 ORE Group. The group has been listed on

169-429: Was founded in 1994 by a group of Venetist entrepreneurs (among them Fabio Padovan, Lucio Chiavegato and Diego Cancian ) who were demanding fiscal federalism for Veneto , as an answer to what they called "the fiscal and bureaucratic oppression" by the Italian government, perceived as centralist and distant from the interests and the rights of the " Venetian people ". In particular, they decided to organize themselves as

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