"The Fiat group and the associated Italian brands represent a very important part of the national industrial history, in terms of employment and wealth produced, an economic heritage that deserves the utmost attention, and this also means having the courage to criticize some choices of the management and the group when they were distant from Italian interest, as I happened to do, often amidst general indifference".
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this at Question Time in the Chamber, responding to a question from Matteo Richetti, group leader of Action-Per-Renew Europe, on Stellantis.
"I am thinking of the move of the legal and fiscal headquarters outside Italy or the merger that concealed a French acquisition of the historic Italian group: so much so that today a member of the French government sits on the board of directors of FCA, it is no coincidence that the industrial choices of group take French requests into greater consideration than Italian ones", said Meloni.
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"We want to go back to producing a million vehicles a year with those who really want to invest in historic Italian excellence. If we want to sell cars on the international market advertising it as an Italian jewel then that car must be produced in Italy, this is the question we must ask" , Meloni said.
"Italy has always been in favor of a Palestinian state, which is why I do not share the position expressed by the Israeli prime minister on the matter, said Meloni. An agreement - he added however - "cannot be requested unilaterally: the prerequisite is recognition of the interlocutors, of Israel and of the right of Israelis to live in safety".
"We were the first to send aid to Gaza. I take this opportunity to announce that we are working to bring Palestinian minors to Italy to be treated in our hospitals", added the Prime Minister.
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