ILVA: blue collar-Confindustria alliance is possible

Genoa - The decision from the Ministry of Environment, which was requested after approval from ANAC and the Government Legal Service has arrived. “I delivered a report to MISE that is 95% complete on ILVA and the environmental part,” said Minister Sergio Costa, “There is a small passage that needed further documentation, which I asked permission for and obtained, and that needs further research.”

Attention is focused on the answers that Di Maio will give the unions, as they are asking for clear indications on what the government intends to do about the sale. It is no coincidence that they have not cancelled the strike called for 11 September. Meanwhile, even on the Confindustria front, irritation towards the executive is growing, as revealed by Il Secolo XIX on 25 August.

According to rumours, Confindustria may even decide to support the protest by FIOM, FIM and UILM metalworkers through initiatives yet to be established. “If ILVA fails, the government will fail too”, one of this newspaper’s sources confided last week. At stake is the steel industry, representing 1% of GDP and 20,000 jobs including associated industries.