Sting on the car, Urso alarm: “17 billion EU fine for those who do not go electric”

“An interesting blow is coming to car manufacturers. A fine of up to 17 billion for those who do not make a certain number of electric cars. Companies such as Volkswagen and Stellantis are at risk of being brought to their knees. And they are looking for other solutions to avoid this trap.” The Minister of Industry and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, raised the alarm in the interview conducted by the director Tommaso Cerno, during the event “The importance of infrastructures” organized at Palazzo Wedekind as part of the campaigns to the eighth anniversary. of Il Tempo. Directly in the first moments of the debate, the owner of the Industry and Made in Italy Department reveals some news. “If it weren’t for the car problems, problems that apply not only to Italy but also to Europe, our country would have reached fourth place in the world as a global exporter. At this stage we are going head to head with Japan and South Korea and our difference is perfectly represented by the car.”

A concept expressed without minutiae that allows Minister Urso to continue and expand the reasoning: “In Germany Volkswagen has announced that three plants will be closed. Europe suffers a distortion of industrial policy, which has a burden of pressure on car manufacturers, forced to respect the proportion in sales between electric cars and endothermic cars. Statements that allow the director Cerno to introduce the dogmatic logic of green at all costs, a dynamic that will not affect competitors from the Old Continent. « The EU Commission must be born as soon as possible: the other actors, not just the United States and China, are not standing still. We cannot – says the Minister of Business and Made in Italy Urso – apply a single technology as happened in the Soviet Union”. The next step is a logical result of this concept. “Energy autonomy is fundamental for all industrial and defense policies. The pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine have reminded us of its importance.” Urso recommends renewable energy, but not forgetting that “this resource is not always available, unlike nuclear energy”.

The minister reiterates that the country will invest in third and fourth generation reactors, a situation that was already foreseen in the finance law. There will also be no shortage of investments as there are nine billion euros in the Transition Plan 5.0, money put in place to encourage innovation. Innovation but also work. « The latter must always be rewarded, in fact we have abolished the income of citizenship. Our vision is based on a strategic situation. but we are not communists”. Case, work, that cannot open communication with the forces of the union. “Since the beginning of the legislature, more than 200 records have been organized by the unions is always open and productive.” The minister also points out the next goals. “These include strengthening the manufacturing sector and the “four A’s” of Made in Italy: clothing, furniture, cars and agri-food”. The closing of the event is dedicated to the Mattei Plan. “Partnership between Italy and Africa, and between Europe and Africa. To grow, the Old Continent – Minister Urso’s views – should no longer look to the East, where a new Iron Curtain was created, but to the South. Among the objectives of the Mattei Plan are the consolidation of supply chains and the development of artificial intelligence on the African continent. And to achieve this last vision, Rome will host the center of 350 African start-ups. “