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November 20, 2019The inspection in the former Ilva plants of Taranto, carried out this morning by the commissioners in the raw materials warehouse areas, confirmed what was feared. According to what has been learned, the reserves would be at a minimum, as already reported in the complaint to the Prosecutor of Taranto. The visit would have substantially confirmed what was hypothesized in the statement presented by Ilva in As and which gave rise to the prosecution of Taranto launching an investigation into the hypotheses of crimes of 'Destruction of means of production' and of 'Appropriation of embezzlement' . A first inspection request had been denied in recent days by Arcelor Mittal, who instead today allowed the commissioners to access the site. After the visit the commissioners met the prosecutor of Taranto, Carlo Maria Capristo.

Still testimonials in the prosecution
New witnesses parade on the fourth floor of the Milan prosecutor's office in the investigation into the former Ilva entrusted to public prosecutors Stefano Civardi and Mauro Clerici, coordinated by the adjunct Maurizio Romanelli, who are investigating for informative market and breach of the bankruptcy law. Be treats of other managers. Compared to the first accusation, that is present false communications to the market, the magistrates concentrate on the latest press releases, even that of October 15 with the declarations of the current managing director Lucia Morselli. For the second, instead, the interest concerns the 'framework rental contract' between Ilva in extraordinary administration and the companies of the group, relations with suppliers and customers, "with particular reference to the continuity of orders".

With you
"On Friday I will bring the determination of a president of the Council of a country of the G7, a country where you come, respect the rules and you can't sit, sign a contract after public tender and after a few months start disposal activities to go away I will explain this and I hope "that Arcelor Mittal" can understand this situation and can take a very different attitude than the one I was told in the previous meeting ". These are the words, hard and direct, with which Prime Minister Conte welcomes the new appointment with the representatives of the Franco-Indian group.

Extension for the blast furnace 2
Ilva in extraordinary administration will present to the judicial authority of Taranto a request for an extension of the deadline of December 13 set by the Court for the implementation of the security adjustments of the blast furnace 2 submitted to seizure after the accident in June 2015 died the worker Alessandro Morricella. It is learned from sources close to the commissioner management, according to which there would be no automatism between the end of December 13 and the closure of the blast furnace since before starting the shutdown it will be necessary to carry out the necessary checks. The extension will be requested to allow the completion of the last fulfillment not yet fully implemented. The commissioner management, in fact, would have already implemented 20 of the 21 judicial authority requirements. The last one concerns the realization of automatic machines and it is complex and still takes time.

The trade unions called
Meanwhile Arcelor Mittal has summoned the trade unions in Taranto for the late afternoon. According to union sources, on the table there will be the question of the companies of the contract with the missed payments to the companies of the induced. A small but significant opening in a moment of very hard confrontation that involves and mixes trade union, economic and political aspects in a worrying spiral. Just now, unpleasant rumors have leaked out about the inspection, carried out today at the Taranto plant, of commissioners in extraordinary administration.

Patuanelli, in the CDM proposals and evaluations
At the Council of Ministers of tomorrow "we will bring some proposals" to Taranto and also from the Ministry of Economic Development "a series of evaluations will be arriving on how to speed up the interventions planned outside the establishment" of the former Ilva. This was affirmed by the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli on the sidelines of the informative report to the Chamber stressing the need to "give answers to the citizens who for years have also been waiting for positive effects on the territory". "There is a billion or so of the institutional development contract to make the territory fall quickly even with a special law" and "then there will be a single provision that takes into consideration the entire area of ​​Taranto regardless of the question of the establishment ". He added: "It is clear that at this moment there are interlocutors, and it is equally evident that there is a judicial path that we consider unmotivated because there can be no right of withdrawal. We are asking Arcelor Mittal to withdraw from this right, which does not have, in order to create the conditions to sit around a table and face the industrial situation that must be at the center of the discussion, so as to protect the sector, the workers and the industry ".

Zingaretti, development with communities
"The Government is working on a hypothesis concerning the Ilva steelworks and the PD has a series of meetings starting from the institutions, the bishop, the citizens, the workers, the community, because it is clear that we need to build a development proposal that involves the local community ". This was said by the national secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, after meeting Mayor Rinaldo Melucci in Taranto in the afternoon. He added: "For the Ilva steelworks there must be development projects that take both production and the theme of health and the environment together, but it is also necessary to invest in Taranto and this is the task of the State. There is a city wound that expects a public presence on so many chapters of its life. I think it is right to listen and then bring back the voice of the community ".

Gelmini, the government plays with the future of 15 thousand families
"On the matter of the former Ilva she limited herself to saying that there are interlocutors and that there is a legal dispute: it was enough to read the newspapers to know these things. She had to come here and apologize, because because of the 5 Star Movement this wicked majority has removed the penal shield from the Save-business decree. You have played dice with the future of 15 thousand families. " This was stated by Mariastella Gelmini, leader of Forza Italia in the Chamber of Deputies, intervening in the House in the Deputies after the statement on the business crises of the Minister for Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli.

Landini, a grave mistake to go to court
"We clearly say to ArcelorMittal that he must withdraw the revocation. You have chosen to go to court and these things are not resolved in court: Mittal made a serious mistake, withdraw that error and start from the agreement made". This was explained by the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini, speaking on the sidelines of a conference on the South. "We need to apply the agreement that already exists - emphasizes Landini - and we say it strongly, there is no need to invent new things. It is unacceptable that ArcelorMittal thinks that it can change the business plan and the investments, as we continue to confirm that it is necessary for the government to say clearly that all the conditions that existed before, on the one hand the criminal shield and on the other the investments of Mittal must be restored.What must not change is the industrial plan and the employment levels that must be defended ".