Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly
Schlein told Stellantis workers on Saturday that they are "not
alone" amid uncertainty about the carmaker's commitment to
Italy. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares recently said he cannot
ensure the future of its Italian plants unless the carmaker gets
major incentives to make electric cars.
Stellantis Chairman John Elkann sough to attenuate the alarm
caused by those comments, giving reassurances during subsequent
meetings with Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, President
Sergio Mattarella, and Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta,
among others.
But workers at Stellantis' historic Mirafiori plant in Turin
have been striking after the French-US-Italian group said it was
furloughing workers there from Monday until the end of March,
when the plant will stop producing the Maserati Levante SUV, and
there are also fears about the prospects of the Pomigliano
d'Arco plant near Naples.
"You are not alone, this is the message the Democratic Party
wants to give you," Schlein said in a video message to workers
at the plant in Pomigliano.
"The prospects of the Stellantis plant in Pomigliano are not a
local matter, they are a national matter and part of the more
complex picture regarding the future of a strategic sector for
our country like the automobile industry".
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