150 million coming –

New liquidity injection of 150 million for the former Ilva of Taranto. This is what is foreseen by one of the rules of the agriculture decree, approved by the Council of Ministers which concretizes the announcement that arrived at the last table in Palazzo Chigi with the blue overalls. The Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, had in fact ensured the arrival of a second tranche of resources from Ilva in As to Acciaierie d’Italia in As for the safety of the factories, awaiting the green light from part of the EU to the 320 million bridging loan. Furthermore, the decree provides for the strengthening of fire risk prevention with a 48-month postponement for the definitive transmission of the safety report and measures to support the operations of the National Fire Brigade, together with the alignment of the maximum duration terms of the program of extraordinary administrations of tenants of companies of strategic interest with those envisaged for the company under Assignment. However, the ‘shield’ rule – present in the draft circulating this morning – which guaranteed the sale to potential buyers of Acciaierie d’Italia from possible disputes with Arcelor Mittal. Meanwhile, tomorrow unions and commissioners will meet at Confindustria, in Rome, to take stock of a situation which – the blue collars denounce – continues to be dramatic.

“We expect that certain data will finally be provided on ordinary and extraordinary maintenance interventions and on the times of the initiatives to relaunch production and decarbonisation, which can no longer be postponed”, warns Fiom, recalling that there are “20 thousand workers waiting of answers.” But the crux of the industrial plan remains. On this point, the metalworkers are categorical: »Without a clear plan to relaunch the production of all the former Ilva factories and the guarantee of all employment, including that of related industries and workers in Ilva As, it is difficult to continue a real discussion« , say the Uilm representatives, highlighting that the lines proposed so far are “unsatisfactory”. No one certainly imagines that the steelworks’ production stalemate might be resolved with “a wave of the wand”, cuts the Fim short, commenting: “We do not expect amazing promises for the next decade, we expect concreteness on the urgent issues that concern workers and the factory and which have been left dormant for too long.”