The belated relaunch of the economic offer by the consortium led by Jindal (from which both Arvedi and the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti have separated) will not delay the assignment of Ilva to Mittal-Arcelor.Marcegaglia by a second. This is what the rules of the call for tenders, the opinions expressed to the Ministry by the State Attorney and, lastly, the reasons of common sense want, especially in a country where quibble has always tried to win over logic. Overturning the clear judgment of the Commissioners would not only have made the Tarantino issue even more complicated but, widening the horizon of things, would have had harmful if not devastating effects on the next tender that will see Alitalia on the bench of an international auction.
The Jindal consortium certainly underestimated the strategic scenario that could favor it over its competitor Mittal, closely linked both to production limits, albeit temporary (pending the completion of the reclamation operations) and to the deep-rooted and widespread presence of its plants in every country which imposed on him the yoke of a possible dominant position and therefore with the certain risk of heavy interventions by the European Commission. Jindal and the Italian partners, on the contrary, free to play the productive game across the board, should have been more daring both in terms of financial commitments and in terms of employment. Now it's too late.
If Taranto adapts to the production limits indicated by the Law and to the confines of the European antitrust rules, the belated and irrelevant attitude of the trade union protest with respect to the employment levels necessary for very precise productions is not understood. The liturgy of protest risks diverting attention from the priorities of a strategic industrial asset for our mechanics and for the country. Another post-referendum Alitalia affair in Taranto is impossible. The words of the Fim Cisl secretary are responsible for the commitment to keep the Fiumicino affair away from the ILVA blast furnaces. But the devil's tail is always hidden in the details… so.
