Overview

• Palazzo Chigi confirmed the government’s full commitment to reviving the former Ilva steelworks in Taranto and pledged a decree law to secure financial resources for its ongoing activities.
• The proposed decree will fund operations and maintain existing wage-support measures (Cassa Integrazione Guadagni) until the environmental integrated authorization (Aia) is obtained.
• Negotiations with Azerbaijan’s Baku Steel on the sale of the ex-Ilva plant continue with ongoing dialogue but without new details on potential terms or timeline.
• Union leaders from Uilm, Usb, Fiom-Cgil and others voiced disappointment after the June 9 meeting, citing a lack of concrete assurances on jobs and the plant’s future.
• The government has given unions a ten-day window for further responses even as legal seizures of Blast Furnace 1 and pending environmental permits keep the plant’s status uncertain.