Business and Made in Italy Minister
Adolfo Urso said Wednesday that Stellantis has changed its tune
after CEO Carlos Tavares sparked an alarm by saying saying some
of the group's plants might be threatened without major
subsidies to make electric cars.
Tavares subsequently said the Italo-Franco-US carmaker needed
all its Italian factories.
"The group's narrative has changed a little with the last few
days' declarations, but it is not enough for us," Urso told the
Lower House's industry committee.
"We are a government that looks at deeds, without prejudice for
anyone, and with the desire to implement the industrial policy
that has been absent".
He added that he was hopeful of reaching a deal by the summer
with Stellantis to increase the number of cars produced in Italy
to take it above the threshold of one million a year.
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