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11 June 2019 “With regret, Whirlpool Emea takes note of the statement released this morning to Radio Rtl by the Minister of Economic Development and Labor, Luigi Di Maio, of wanting to revoke the incentives granted and to block the payment on those requested, despite not having "the company never proceeded with any cancellation of the signed agreement". This is what is read in a note from the group of household appliances. "In line with the business plan signed last October," the statement underlines, "the company does not intend to proceed at the closure of the Naples site, but is committed to finding a solution that guarantees industrial continuity and the highest occupational levels of the site ".

Whirlpool Emea, the statement concludes, "reconfirms Italy's centrality and willingness to continue working with all the parties involved to find a shared solution. During the meeting scheduled for tomorrow, June 12th, we hope to be able to start the journey with the institutions present and the trade unions aimed at resolving the dispute ".

Di Maio signs address deeds for revocation of funds
This morning, the Minister of Labor and Economic Development Di Maio said he wanted to sign the directive that revokes incentives for the company for 15 million euros. The conduct of Whirlpool "is not acceptable, they took 50 million euros from 2014 to date and I start to withdraw the funds because they were not collaborative, they continue to say that they want to disengage from the Naples plant," says Luigi Di Maio, live on Facebook, signing three address deeds for the withdrawal of funding from Whirlpool. "We will verify up to the last euro that we will be able to take away from him", he adds, hoping that the company will be "a mild advice" at the table on Wednesday. "The era of Bengodi is over. It was a week since I told Whirlpool that, since they had signed an agreement with me, they had to keep the Naples plant open. And it is absurd and unacceptable that, having signed the agreement with the Italian government, the trade unions, the regional presidents and the mayors, now they tell us that they want to disengage from the factories, like the one in Naples ".