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The Editorial Unit

held its fifteenth

this Thursday at the Hotel Palace

the award of which went to the executive director of the Renault Group,

.

It was presented to him by the director of EL MUNDO, Francisco Rosell, amidst expressions of sincere gratitude from the 54-year-old Milanese executive.

The Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce,

, was in

charge of closing the act

, who did not pick up in his speech the glove that the honoree had previously offered him in the

sponsored event

.

The director of EL MUNDO, Francisco Rosell, presents the award to Luca de Meo, executive director of Renault Group.

"We are

, where we have created a hybrid vehicle manufacturing pole. We ask the Spanish Government to support our position before the European Commission. I want them to understand it as a

. That is my simple reflection".

De Meo said that the governments of France (a shareholder of Renault and where the company implements its

electric car

) agree that it is too early to ban the sale of non-zero emission cars within 14 years.

2035 is just around the corner and people, of course, want to secure investment. These short-term announcements can make the client stop their decision," argued De Meo.

Luca de Meo shows his satisfaction.

It was a speech of thanks, but as the minister said in her speech, the CEO of Renault "always says what he thinks clearly."

De Meo explained that "whenever I am in a public place and with journalists I always drop what we think at Renault. We are really committed to the goal of decarbonisation and

The proof is that we have been betting on the electric vehicle for more than a decade. But we need a transition and propose to the Commission that it continue to include hybrid models that help decarbonisation beyond 2035 ".

Maroto does not answer

More attached to the present, which is not at all pleasant, De Meo said that after the disaster of the pandemic, the semiconductor crisis has come, which paralyzes the production of the Renault Group factories. "

. We are experiencing a daily crisis cell. We have gone to Hong Kong to bring chips in a suitcase so that we can take them to our factories in Valladolid or Palencia" , he recounted.

Reyes Maroto expressed his appreciation for the "deserved recipient" by EL MUNDO.

"I would like to thank Luca as the leader of the Renault Group for his commitment to Spain," he said.

But it was not taken for granted after the Italian's words, probably because, as he also said, "seven ministries are involved in the mobility transition that must work together."

And to the dozens of attendees, relevant executives from a good part of the automobile industry, the name of the vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition,

, crossed their minds

.

The

that counterbalances the

Maroto.

The Minister of Industry and Tourism

He glossed the figure of De Meo, highlighted "his achievements in all the positions he has held in his professional career"

and he remembered a phrase from the Italian:

.

According to Maroto, "the good news is that the sector is already doing it."

And he highlighted as a "historical milestone" the data published by the manufacturers 'employers' association,

, which figures the production of electric vehicles in Spanish plants at an 11% share.

The minister listed the change programs: "The

[Strategic Project for the Recovery and Economic Transformation] of the automotive industry is underway, like

. The

value chain will

be published before the end of the year, in addition to the

.

This last plan will be of "50 million euros in 2021 extendable in 2022 and 2023 and charged to European funds," explained the Minister of Industry, to then address the 2022 budgets approved by the Council of Ministers, which according to her "reinforce the Government commitment "through a plan endowed with

to encourage the installation of recharging points, the purchase of electric and hydrogen vehicles. "We will have an endowment of 1,326 million euros in subsidies" with the aim that "

.

Maroto highlighted the public-private collaboration as an accelerator of electromobility and to that end "we are going to create the

led by a very relevant personality in the automotive sector."

Francisco Rosell, director of EL MUNDO.

Clouds to clear

"For us, Renault is like a Spanish brand," said

.

He reviewed the current situation and its "clouds that must be cleared" and launched a message for Spain to retain the automotive industry.

warned the director of EL MUNDO.

He also regretted that customers "have been given erroneous information when buying a car" and urged the authorities "

to a sector that "as EL MUNDO has always recognized in its more than 30 years of experience. life is not the problem, but a good part of the solution. " On the pressing shortage of chips, Rosell pointed out that "Europe has to make a reflection. We have left in the hands of third elements such as chips or batteries. It is another pending issue."

De Meo thanked all the words and the award.

"I feel at home. I really love this country, it is where I have been treated best."

And one last message: "Stay tuned for the next news, new Renault models."

,

as defined (

, he said) always emerges.

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