An interview by Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, with Bloomberg triggers the government's response and becomes a topic of political confrontation.
The number one of the multinational holding company born from the merger between the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA groups , underlined how the electric market in Italy is worth very little because governments, so far, have not subsidized it enough. Tavares also highlighted how Stellantis was used by the executive as a "scapegoat" in front of workers at risk and plants at risk, to "avoid taking responsibility".
The reply from the Minister of Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso is ready: «In the meetings I had with Tavares and the Elkann property, a commitment was asked to change the Euro7 regulation, which the government has done. They also asked us for a commitment on incentives and we kept it", recalls Urso. Adding: «If Tavares requests that Italy do as France did, which changed its state stake in Stellantis, ask us and we can think together».
The minister underlined that one of the priorities is to incentivize production, which has drastically reduced in recent years, «despite the incentives provided which have mainly gone, up to 80 percent, to cars produced in foreign factories, including Stellantis itself. ».
The possibility of an entry into the capital of the Italian state holding company therefore opens up. Hypothesis on which the president of the 5 Star Movement Giuseppe Conte also spoke: «Car production has always been a strategic asset of our industry. If it is true, as Giorgia Meloni has said several times, that the automotive sector in Italy must be relaunched and that the objective of one million cars produced per year in the country must be set, the government must ensure that those of Minister Urso are not just talk and talk about the State's entry into Stellantis . Even more so considering the consolidated participation of the French State", wrote the M5S leader on social media.
Even the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein urges the Meloni executive: «Enough with the chatter: Tavares has launched a challenge, the government must take it up».
(Unioneonline/lf)
