(Finance) – The Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, upon indication of the minister Adolfo Ursuscalled the Table Stellantis for Thursday 14 November at Palazzo Piacentini. Representatives of the company, of the regions where production plants are located, of the trade unions and of Anfia (National Association of the Italian Automotive Supply Chain) were invited to participate. The government’s response arrived immediately after yesterday the president of the automotive group, John Elkannhad made it known that he would not be going in audition in Parliament but that the discussion would continue with Mimit, “awaiting the official convocation at the Presidency of the Council“.
“Since there have been no updates since the hearing last Friday 11 October which you yourself chaired, we have nothing to add to what has already been illustrated by the CEO”, he explained in a letter sent to the president of the X Commission, Alberto Gusmerolithanking him and the parliamentarians “for the attention they are dedicating to the automotive sector and its evolution in Italy, Europe and the world”.
However, Gusmeroli has made it known that he will renew the request for a hearing with the president of Stellantis, John Elkann. His party leader and Minister of Transport, Matthew Salvinidefined Elkann’s decision as a “shameful offense to the institutions”https://www.Finance.it/DettaglioNews/173_2024-10-30_TLB/.”First Stellantis takes the money and runs away abroad, now John Elkann deserts the Parliament. His presence is an obligation, not only a moral one, to hold the country accountable for its wicked management despite the enormous public contributions – La declared in a note Alloy reiterates its solidarity with all the workers of the Stellantis group”.
Even i unions they put pressure on the government to convene a round table Palazzo Chigi. On Stellantis and the auto sector “we are awaiting answers from the prime minister and minister Adolfo Urso. We continue to ask for a meeting” at Palazzo Chigi, declared the Uil leader, Pierpaolo Bombersat a press conference. “Fiat hasn’t been around for a few years and the Agnelli family is no longer in charge. I don’t know if everyone has noticed and put it in their heads”, commented the leader of the CGIL instead, Maurice Landini.