Prime Minister Matteo Renzo concluded his week in America by visiting the Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hill where he was received by the CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Sergio Marchionne. “Italy – said the Prime Minister – must do it as the 15 employees of this factory did”. And Marchionne, confirming Fiat's support for Renzi's reform agenda, commented: "I too have absorbed several criticisms from Italy and I advise Renzi to do the same" because when you want to reform it is natural to receive criticism of those who feel affected.
Renzi also returned to the bitter controversy raised by the government's intention to override article 18 of the Workers' Statute, which will be at the center of Monday's leadership of the Democratic Party, to reaffirm that reinstatement in the event of non-discriminatory dismissal "is not the better if it creates second-class workers”. "If reinstatement is a constitutional obligation, as someone says - observer Renzi - why is it in companies with over 15 employees and not in those with under 15 employees?".
The harmony between Renzi and Marchionne has obviously aroused jealousy in Diego Della Valle, who was among the premier's first supporters but who sees Fiat as smoke and mirrors, with whom he contends for leadership in RCS and in Corriere della Sera: "It's the 'meeting between two great solo and Renzi is in a state of confusion. Della Valle, however, forgot to mention that Marchionne, after taking over the management of a technically bankrupt company such as Fiat 10 years ago, made it the seventh global car group.
