Overview
- Workers at Taranto, Genova Cornigliano and Novi Ligure are occupying facilities with 24‑hour strikes, presidi and roadblocks that unions say will continue until the plan is withdrawn.
- The decree authorizes use of the remaining €108 million in bridge financing to ensure plant continuity to February 2026 and allocates €20 million for 2025–26 to cover up to 75% of Cigs integration.
- Traffic disruptions were extensive, including up to 8 km of queues on the A10 near Genova and blockages on the SS100 and SS106 around Taranto and at the Eni refinery gate.
- Minister Adolfo Urso set a Nov. 28 meeting for northern sites followed immediately by a unitary session with unions and regional leaders, while unions demand a single national table at Palazzo Chigi and the plan’s withdrawal.
- The sale process remains unresolved with few bidders noted by officials; commissioners have met Bedrock, while the company continues to lose about €2 million a day with only the AFO4 blast furnace running.