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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 20 December 2019The merger between Fca and Psa does not block investments in Italy. On the part of FCA, the 5 billion economic plan remains confirmed with no factory closures and full employment by 2022. According to the company and the trade unions, the dialogue held in Turin between the FCA and trade unions was positive.

The unions were reassured at the meeting at Mirafiori with Fca's head of European activities Pietro Gorlier together with Pietro De Biasi, head of industrial relations. The meeting was requested by the trade unions after the signing of the agreement of the day before yesterday with Psa for the merger that gave birth to the fourth world giant of vehicle manufacturers with the primary objective of conquering Asia.

The meeting was attended by the general secretaries of Fim Cisl, Uilm Uil, Fismic Confsal, Ugl metalworkers and the association of Fiat Aqcf cadres, with the top management of Fiom Cgil met at the end of the meeting with the company and separately from the other unions , not being the Fiom signatory of the Ccsl (Specific Collective Labor Contract).

"Ok plan but in the past plans not respected, we will watch over this" - Francesca Re David general secretary Fiom Cgil
Francesca Re David general secretary Fiom-Cgil commented on the meeting saying: "If we look back, the industrial plans have never been respected until the end, indeed they have not been respected. We have a strong concern, we believe they are positive the announced investments, the new models, the restyling of the old ones and the electrification, but it will be necessary to gradually check the concrete implementation of the plan and if the implementation guarantees or not the saturation of the plants, we ask for new models ".

"Full employment by 2022" - Marco Bentivogli, Fim Cisl general secretary
Marco Bentivogli, Fim general secretary, announced, at the end of the meeting, "full employment by 2022".

"There will be no factory closures" - Rocco Palombella general secretary Uilm Uil
Rocco Palombella, general secretary of Uilm said: "The 3.7 billion euros of annual savings, to be achieved at full capacity with the Fca-Psa merger, will be achieved not with plant closures, but above all with economies of scale on investments and supplies "Our task remains that of overseeing possible employment repercussions, since any merger by its nature entails both opportunities and risks".

"Opportunities linked to the merger" - Roberto Di Maulo general secretary and Lida Mannucci national secretary Fismic Confsal
Roberto Di Maulo general secretary and Lida Mannucci national secretary Fismic Confsal expressed their satisfaction following the meeting with the company and talked about opportunities linked to the merger: "There will be no closure and no negative employment repercussions are expected. Comau company remains within the scope of the merger ".

"Important reconfirmation of the Italy 2019-2021 Plan" - Antonio Spera general secretary of the UGL metalworkers
Antonio Spera general secretary of UGL Metalmeccanici, at the end of the meeting in Turin, specified that the meeting: "was very broad and Fca showed us most of the agreement signed with Psa, but above all confirmed the Italy 2019 Plan- 2021 already announced ". It was reiterated that the 5 billion investment was confirmed for the next few years, the employment guarantees and "above all no plant closures".