Who and how from the opposition buffers Cnh-Exor and the government on Iveco
Lega, Fratelli d'Italia and Forza Italia ask for government intervention to prevent the sale of Iveco to Faw's Chinese
Not just a government majority.
Lega, Fratelli d'Italia and Forza Italia also scramble the executive which does not move leaf – according to the center-right – on the sale of Iveco to the Chinese. In the opposition voices are raised calling for golden power for the CNH subsidiary active in the development, production, sale and assistance of a wide range of industrial vehicles, light, medium and heavy, and which was targeted by the Chinese Faw .
Let's go step by step.
THE INTERROGATION OF ADOLFO URSO (FDI) ABOUT IVECO
Let's start with the parliamentary question. Among the most combative is Adolfo Urso, who presented a parliamentary question to the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, and to the Minister of Defense, Lorenzo Guerini.
"Iveco represents an important reality of the Italian industrial system, and, in particular, Iveco Defense for the strategic sector of national defense, and, therefore, immediate action appears necessary in order to avoid the sale of these companies to wholly foreign groups ", Urso writes in the question, in which he asks:" whether the Ministers in question are aware of the facts set out and what initiatives they intend to take in order to protect and defend Iveco's production in Italy, and, in particular, that of Iveco Defense ".
URSO ASKS FOR THE GOLDEN POWER ON IVECO
Not only. Urso, who is also vice-president of Copasir, also wonders if the ministers "do not intend to resort to" golden power "to protect a strategic asset so important also for the industrial chain already severely tested by the sale of FCA to the Peugeot group" and "Finally, if they do not deem it necessary to arrange for the intervention of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti if Cnh still intends to proceed with the sale of the Iveco group".
DEIDDA (FDI): WORRY ABOUT IVECO
Salvatore Deidda, group leader of Fratelli di Italia in the Defense Commission, also tries to stir things up: "While the majority forces, real or presumed, worry about the seats, we at Fratelli d'Italia try to save the future of Iveco, a industrial and employment heritage but also of national security given that Iveco Difesa shines inside, an Italian jewel that shines thanks to the professionalism and knowledge of the whole group ”, Deidda declares.
“Iveco Difesa has more than 1000 employees in Italy and finds its strength in the entire production group with its technology. It would be serious for Italy to lose it and we are worried that something can be dismantled that works and makes our nation great in the world. For this, we want protection and attention on what will happen. We must not lose a single job or apply for a single plant with the sale to China ”, concludes Deidda
CIOCCA (LEGA): WE DEFEND OUR BRANDS LIKE IVECO
And the MEP of the Lega Angelo Ciocca also intervenes on the subject, who in addition to the intervention of the Italian government asks for that of Europe.
“Iveco risks being acquired by the Chinese, thus selling off a historic Italian brand and putting the approximately 4,000 jobs in the Brescia and Mantua production centers at risk,” says Ciocca. And for this reason the MEP presented “a question to the European Commission to ask what measures it intends to implement to protect Iveco workers from possible redundancies under the new Chinese ownership. Italy is not on sale nor must its historical brands, vital for the industrial production fabric, be. National brands must be defended and give job opportunities to Italian citizens and not be dumped. The millions of deaths caused by a pandemic hidden in the bud by China were not enough, nor were the millions of jobs gone up in smoke. In addition to insulting injury. The Italian companies that manage to stay afloat with enormous sacrifices, certainly not thanks to the support of this government, risk being bought by Chinese companies ".
LANCINI (LEGA): IT'S A REAL LEAP IN THE DARKNESS FOR IVECO
Danilo Oscar Lancini, also a member of the League's MEP, has his say.
“After the merger of FCA with Peugeot, in which the French state will have decisive influence on the board of directors, the company that refers to the Elkann-Agnelli family returns to the position with a negotiation to sell Iveco to the Chinese. It would be a real leap in the dark for a reality that only in Brescia has 1,800 workers and employees ”, explains the MEP.
It is, continues Lancini, “a production reality of excellence for commercial vehicles and buses that recently has also been able to invest in the mobility of the future. To date, the proposed sale to the Faw group does not provide any certainty on decisive issues such as production and employment: around the corner we see once again the specter of relocations and impoverishment of the entire supply chain ”.
PORCHIETTO (FORZA ITALIA): THE STATE HAS THE TOOLS TO WORK ON IVECO
The possible sale of Iveco to the Chinese also shakes up Claudia Porchietto, an MP for Forza Italia: “Are there entrepreneurs in Italy who still want to be entrepreneurs?”, Said Porchietto. “We have known about Iveco for ten years that the dismemberment was being prepared and we had no industrial policy, but today the State has the tools to intervene: 'golden power' and 'Destined Heritage'”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/chi-e-come-dallopposizione-tampona-cnh-exor-e-governo-su-iveco-ai-cinesi-di-faw/ on Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:25:32 +0000.