Auto Federmeccanica Trade Unions
The stop in Brussels on the sale of cars with diesel and petrol engines by 2035 puts half a million employees in Europe at risk
Microchips, expensive billsincrease of commodity prices And energy transition: is theautomotive the great patient ofItalian industry. In addition to the implementation of the Pnrr, the first major economic problem on the table of Palazzo Chigi in the second phase of the Draghi government. After taking stock of the crisis in the four-wheeler sector with the Minister for Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgettithe car entrepreneurs join the labor unions to sound the alarm on risk of deindustrialisation of a key sector of the Italian economy. Fund that is worth 5.6% of GDP and that fails to reverse the trend negative of 2021: the 2022 of the car has in fact just opened with the registrations dropped again in January by 19.7% compared to 12 months ago, decrease of over 34 points if compared with 2019.
So for Federmeccanica And Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil, the prime minister must intervene against the Brussels decision on stop on the sale of cars with diesel and petrol engines by 2035 to protect the sector o 73,000 jobs could be at risk. This decision, without intervention, would lead to one loss of half a million jobs in Europe partially offset by 226,000 new jobs foreseen in the production of electric vehicle propulsion systems, with a net loss of 275,000 jobs.
Estimates for Italy foresee one loss of approximately 73,000 jobsof which 63,000 in the period 2025-2030. “We are definitely worried, we can no longer wait to ask for an interview with our Prime Minister and the competent ministers to open a discussion with us on theautomotive“he thundered Federico Visentinpresident of Federmeccanicain the joint press conference with the trade unions.
The comparison can no longer be postponed and serves to identify the strategic actions to be made for the ecological and industrial transition of the mobility of the future. The goal must be to return to producing 1.5 million vehicles in Italy to safeguard industry and employment in our country and be competitive on the global and European market. We have gone from second to eighth car manufacturer in Europe.
Currently it comes only half of the installed production capacity was used, with 700,000 cars produced in 2021. France And Germany they are already implementing industrial policies to face the transition, while the Italian government is not playing any role. For Federmeccanica And labor unions there is a real risk of deindustrialisation of a key sector of the Italian economy. It is necessary to take all necessary defensive actions and look above all to the opportunity to relaunch and develop the sector automotiveas it not only has its own history, but also has a distinctive identity, a base of skills and a network to be put into a system.
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