The Government and Stellantis should reach an agreement by the end of the month? to relaunch production car industry and protect internal employment. Yes today? held a meeting between the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso and the CEO of the automotive group, Carlos Tavares.
As we know, For some time Minister Urso has been talking about the need to revive the Italian production of cars that ? been in decline for many years. For this, he had advocated the need to reach an agreement with Stellantis.
According to reports, the interview? lasted about 90 minutes and ? been described as “friendly and constructive”. During the meeting, the note from the ministry reads, “the parties shared the need to immediately reverse the negative production trend of the last twenty years, in the belief that Italy can consolidate, in the new global context, its industrial production, pride of Made in Italy”.
Minister Urso has therefore illustrated in Tavares the industrial policy document on the automotive sector which ? been elaborated also thanks to the comparison with? the social and productive partners and with the Regions where the Stellantis plants are located. Within the document would be indicated? Objectives and modalities? to increase production levels, expand the range of models, invest in research and innovation, to protect employment and the entire sector chain.
The Government and Stellantis have therefore decided to set up a technical working group to reach an agreement by the end of the month.
The parties, sharing the objectives of the document, have set up a technical working group to reach the end of the month to a “transition agreement” in the framework of a renewed European industrial policy which will have to? protect production and internal employment.
All that remains is to wait to understand the contents of this agreement between the Government and Stellantis.
Carlos Tavares commented at the end of the meeting:
I am confident that, together with Adolfo Urso, we will create the conditions to first of all reverse the downward trend in production volumes in the coming two years and then build together the roadmap to produce one million vehicles in Italy. To achieve this common ambition, we need to build a winning team spirit to support the energy transition and maintain freedom of energy. movement of Italian citizens, involving all Italian stakeholders and concentrating energies on solutions and not on dogmas. Does the impact of the euro7 legislation on the Panda need to be addressed and does BEV sales support considered to support the business? of our Italian production sites. Is the market driving the activity? productive and I'm sure that Adolfo Urso dar? a decisive contribution to the success of the Italian automotive industry in global competition, facing new players such as the Chinese.
FIVE MODELS IN MELFI
And speaking of investments for the future in Italy, Carlos Tavares announced his intention to produce a fifth model in Melfi in addition to the four already built in Melfi. announced, subject to performance improvement. Will it be? of high-value premium models for foreign brands, plus? an Italian one on the brand new STLA-M platform, presented last week.
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