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  • Conte: if ArcelorMittal retires, the first step is commissioner management at the Mise
  • ArcelorMittal, accounts in the red. Total break with the government. Conte convenes the unions
  • Ex Ilva, mouths sewn after the summit with the government. ArcelorMittal pulls straight

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November 14, 2019It tries to avert the worst for the workers of the former Ilva of Taranto. Minister Stefano Patuanelli has called, tomorrow at 3 pm at the Mise, according to union sources, the CEO of Mittal Italia, Lucia Morselli and the leaders of the metalworkers Fim, Fiom and Uilm. The convocation follows the withdrawal notice sent by the multinational.

ArcelorMittal denies permanence until May 2020
ArcelorMittal meanwhile says he has not declared to Emiliano, governor of the Puglia Region, that he will remain until May of next year managing the former Ilva steel plants. Sources close to the company declare it. The news of ArcelorMittal's stay until May was given yesterday by Confindustria president Taranto, Marinaro, after receiving a phone call from the same Emiliano who met Morselli yesterday in Bari. Finally, from union sources, we learn that Arcelor will stop the 2 Ribbon Train in Taranto on November 26th.

Bellanova: "Here we play with the lives of 20,000 families"
"On the former Ilva, we at Italia Viva said we had to respect the agreements. We had to go ahead with the immunity that was in the agreements signed by the Minister Di Maio. Here we play with the lives of 20,000 families, we talk about workers and their families.There are those who first challenged, then voted on the norms, then questioned them: disasters have been produced there over the years.Now it is necessary to go ahead with the environmental plan, the industrial plan and the safeguarding of the posts of I do not question the Government, but I feel I am helping the Government and I also claim the right to make a contribution on things to do, and now everyone is wondering how to resolve the issue, but we are giving the impression of a country not credible and those who want to invest with us get scared ". This was stated by Agriculture Minister Teresa Bellanova, interviewed at 24 Mattino su Radio24. "If the conditions that were present in the pacts are not remedied - added Bellanova - they are given alibis. The unions and Mittal must be brought back to the table, and the government must be guarantor of the pacts that have been signed. Otherwise 20 thousand people go home ".

Companies involved in the supply of goods under the Mise: "Already resorting to redundancy"
Today, companies linked to ArcelorMittal Italy belonging to Confindustria Taranto hold, together with a delegation formed by representatives of the Province, of the Municipality of Taranto and mayors of the province of Taranto, a garrison outside the Ministry of Economic Development.

This was announced by Confindustria Taranto. "A small delegation, headed by Confindustria president Antonio Marinaro, meets Minister Stefano Patuanelli at 2 pm, to whom a document will be delivered on the ArcelorMittal affair - announces Confindustria Taranto - and the same document will be brought to the attention, on the same day , of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and of the President of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte ".

In Patuanelli, the delegation will illustrate "the emergency situation in which companies find themselves after ArcelorMittal Italy has left the plant, without having paid the same amount of credits earned, equal to about 50 million euros to the supplier companies. "it is stated that it is already giving rise to the use of layoffs for the employees of the same companies. In some cases there is talk of layoffs. The number of employees of the induced former Ilva of Taranto amounts to about 6 thousand units. These companies - Confindustria Taranto says - they have already sacrificed 150 million euros in the passage between Ilva and Ilva in As, between 2014 and 2015 (credits merged into the passive state) ".

Confindustria Taranto maintains that in the absence of solutions, companies will not be able to guarantee salaries to employees, which is why "today they are demanding answers that can no longer be delayed". "The salary danger is still there for our employees, the news of Ad Morselli to Emiliano is fine, the further checks that the company said they had to do are fine, the commitment of Governor Emiliano is fine, which we thank you, but if the currency does not arrive, if ArcelorMittal does not make early transfers, the salaries are not there, which is why the entrepreneurs are still worried and today we go to the Minister Patuanelli "comments Marinaro."

Federacciai: "Taranto must be saved"
"This story has taught us one thing: you cannot manage a factory of this kind under siege, with the country against". Alessandro Banzato, president of Federacciai, explains in an interview with Corriere della Sera that "the best wish to make is that ArcelorMittal remains" to manage the former Ilva plant in Taranto because "we need a good player and the Franco-Indian group on this gives guarantees "because in any case AM is" the largest European steel industry ". So now "the important thing is that the plants do not stop and continue with the environmental plan" reiterates to the via Solferino newspaper.

But to achieve this goal, Banzato also asks for certain rules, and asks questions both to politics and to the government: "What do you want to do in Taranto? What industrial policy can support? How do we want the integral cycle with blast furnaces are they working or not? Do we want a mixed system? " And we expect precise answers, as "anyone who wanted to invest would do so only if there are clear rules and a guarantee that they will not be changed" during construction.

Therefore the penal shield "is indispensable" reiterates the number one of Federacciai, which also guarantees Taranto it is possible to produce steel with the integral cycle without polluting because this already "happens in Spain, in Germany, in Austria". And on the hypothesis of an Italian consortium to take over the Apulian company, Banzato replies that "it is a difficult challenge" because "overwhelmingly Italian steelmakers do not produce flat products like Ilva" and if "in the past have been roped with Italian players and CDP "now, the president of Federaccai analyzes," the market situation is even more complex ". However, "the hypothesis must be taken into account," he concludes, adding that "if production is cut, anyone who arrives tomorrow will also need to reduce the workforce".