The Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, confirms to the unions that Invitalia will pay ArcelorMittal the 400 million that will mark the State’s entry of 50% in the capital of the steel company, but at the same time he is cautious. Giorgetti, referring to the judgment pending before the Council of State with a decision expected by mid-May, warns that ArcelorMittal “the money will arrive if the necessary reassurances reach the Mef in the coming weeks” and that in the meantime “we are investigating the dossier because there are aspects not very clear “.
This last reference of the holder of the Mise is to the plan resulting from the agreement relating to public investment, which is of last December 10, which also includes the payment of the 400 million, and of which ArcelorMittal has solicited implementation, accusing Invitalia of failure fulfillment. The industrial plan will have to be updated, says Giorgetti, for which «the workers cannot be fooled. I want to say clearly and transparently – he continues – that it is time to stop saying things that in reality cannot be done, otherwise a solution will never be found ». “We need an industrial policy, not a mere financial policy,” emphasizes the minister. To the trade unions he met at Mise together with the owner of the Labor, Andrea Orlando, in the morning of March 26 to talk about ArcelorMittal, but also about the many industrial crises opened in Italy, Giorgetti reiterates on former Ilva what he had anticipated in the interview with the director of the Sole 24 Ore, Fabio Tamburini, in the webinar “Reshape the World”.
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In other words, it must be borne in mind that, with respect to the signing of the agreement, a judgment has been opened in the Council of State regarding the confirmation or not of the sentence of the Lecce TAR last February. The latter ordered the shutdown of the plants in 60 days, confirming a previous order of the mayor of Taranto that had been challenged by ArcelorMittal and Ilva. In the same webinar of the Sun, Giorgetti had also asked ArcelorMittal for a collaborative attitude.
For Roberto Benaglia, from Fim Cisl, “with obvious institutional grace”, ministers Giorgetti and Orlando declared that “they are not satisfied and are not comfortable with the agreement made on 10 December and this is news”. «The horizon – adds Benaglia – is that the ministry and the minister want to completely review the agreement. How he will do it, if a new agreement is made, that remains to be seen. However – he continues – we do not go ahead exactly by applying what has already been decided ». “They are studying the industrial plan that has aspects that do not convince them to the end before a strong investment through the resources of the Recovery Found” notes Francesca Re David, general secretary of Fiom CGIL. While for Rocco Palombella and Guglielmo Gambardella of Uilm, “we expected a clear stance after 9 years from the start of the dispute, but we continue to waste time with the serious risk that the situation will become irreparable”. “It almost seems – Uilm officials argue – that we want to wait for the judgment of the Council of State, expected on May 13, in order not to take on the necessary responsibilities”.
For all other open industrial crises, ministers announced the activation of a government task force. But the announcement is deemed unsatisfactory by the metalworkers who ask that there be a calendar of meetings to address at least the most urgent crises because there are so many jobs in the balance.