Stellantis: Elkann meets Mattarella and Giorgetti in Rome

Elkann in Rome a few days after the long-distance controversy between the CEO of Stellantis, Tavares, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Interviews scheduled for some time. No meeting between the two due to the Prime Minister’s commitment in Japan

Alessandro Pinto

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A few days after the back and forth between Carlos Tavares and some representatives of the Italian government regarding tax incentives, John Elkann he went to Rome to confirm the commitment of Stellantis on projects destined for Italy. He was received by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti for an interview scheduled for some time, which initially seemed restorative because it occurred only a handful of hours after the verbal skirmishes that accompanied the ecobonus reform. The number one of Exor and Stellantis was also received by the American ambassador to Italy, Jack Markell, by the governor of the Bank of Italy Fabio Panetta and by the general commander of the Carabinieri Teo Luzi. A series of high-profile face-to-face meetings that would be part of the traditional and periodic confrontation between institutional and industry leaders, even if the timing and the lack of meeting with the president Giorgia Melonireturning from an engagement in Tokyo, had fueled the winds of controversy.

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The tension of recent days began with the statements of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, who feared cuts at the Mirafiori and Pomigliano factories in the absence of state incentives dedicated to electric mobility. Words defined as “bizarre” by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in reference to the allocation of quasi one billion for the 2024 ecobonus announced by Minister Urso last February 1st. In the background, some issues remain to be resolved regarding the group’s industrial policy, which on February 5 announced a month’s layoff for over 2,200 Mirafiori workers.





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