Corriere della Sera slams Stellantis
What did Corriere della Sera write about Stellantis' latest moves, while Minister Urso flaunts confidence and Landini (CGIL) only thinks about a general strike against the government. Facts, curiosities and insights
“Our country, in fact, no longer has an automotive industrial reality”. The quotation mark is by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo but, given the content of the articles published in the last period by Corriere della Sera ( very different, who knows why, from those published in Repubblica ), one wonders if it does not actually express the thoughts of the editorial staff in via Solferino, not surprisingly the first to have anticipated the news of the exits agreed between now and the end of the year .
CORRIERE DELLA SERA: THE ITALIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IS ON THE END
The Corsera directed by Luciano Fontana (on the right in the photo, with Urbano Cairo) places further emphasis on the concern expressed by Montezemolo, speaking of an "auto industry in Italy that is on its last legs".
MONTEZEMOLO'S CONCERN IS AN EPITAPH
For his part, the thoughts of the former president of Fiat, Maserati and Ferrari – he was also CEO at Maranello – do not need exegesis or underlining: «Our country, in fact, no longer has an automotive industrial reality, this carries less political weight towards France and Germany. Serious problems will be created for both suppliers and workers, we are witnessing Italian deindustrialization surrounded by dead silence."
IL CORRIERE DOES NOT SKIN CRITICS OF STELLANTIS
This is followed by the comments, perhaps a little late, from the Corriere : "When it is decided that a car like the new Fiat 600, an icon of our history, is made on a non-Italian platform and is built in Poland, every question finds a answer: first of all, the excellence of Made in Italy is no longer recognised”.
“Furthermore – continues Urbano Cairo's RCS newspaper – Carlos Tavares , CEO of Stellantis, has canceled the construction of the future generation of the Maserati Quattroporte and has put up for sale, in addition to the Grugliasco plant, also the office building of the Cassino factory. A property spread over four floors above ground and one underground with garage and courtyard which can be accessed directly from the street. Also in this case we wonder whether an industrial plant can survive without being supported by the professional activity of employees who have received an email urging them to accept early exit in exchange for economic incentives.”
Finally, “Stellantis asked some suppliers to apply the identical offer internally, charging them for it. That is: you fire and we reimburse you.” A situation that the Corriere defines as "an intrigue worthy of a detective series that cannot fail to create alarm."
WHERE DO POLITICIANS AND UNIONS LOOK?
All this is being written while the unions (with the exception of Fiom, which sometimes mutters something, but is nevertheless too busy flattering its American colleagues in the Uaw to do anything) are preparing the general strike on 17 November against the maneuver (and not to ignite a beacon on the desertification of the Italian auto industry) and in the most demeaning disinterest of the political world. Only Carlo Calenda , for now, has raised the alarm, but everything has been covered by the controversy triggered by the leader of Action with Maurizio Landini , general secretary of the CGIL.
URSO'S OPTIMISM
Furthermore, from the government there are even optimistic signals regarding the dialogue (absent for months) with Stellantis. “We are close to signing the protocol,” said the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso , in a message sent to the Automotive Forum. “It is a document that defines the roadmap not only of the main manufacturing company in our country, but also of the repositioning of our supply chain”, added Urso, for which the working tables “will open already during this year”. While the executive participates at the tables, however, Carlos Tavares' plans take shape and seem to take Stellantis further and further away from Italy.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/il-corriere-della-sera-tampona-stellantis/ on Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:33:52 +0000.