Fabriano – The Ariston case. “I would have expected a more articulated and incisive strategy from the regional council, capable of making the Marche Region play a leading role in the crisis that led to the nationalization of the plants and commercial branches of the Ariston group by the Russian government. Instead, once again, timidity seems to be the master”. This was reported by the regional group leader of the Democratic Party, Maurizio Mangialardi: “A timidity that betrays the total lack of ideas and the vacuum of initiative, as demonstrated by the response of councilor Antonini in the regional council to my question to find out what actions Palazzo Raffaello intended to take against the Meloni government in order to protect not only the Ariston plants, but also those of other Marche companies operating in Russia. Admitting that the Marche Region has not been able to go beyond an endorsement of support for the Development Agreement signed between Ariston and the Ministry of Made in Italy for the reshoring of the plants, is really little, if not nothing. And this is a problem, because if the Marche Region remains at the mercy of decisions taken elsewhere, none of our companies are safe anymore”. continues the group leader Mangialardi: “In addition to a more concrete initiative in the context of economic development policies – he concludes – I would have expected the regional government to announce its commitment to take action with the national government so that Italy becomes the protagonist in Europe of a concrete action aimed at stopping the war immediately. Instead, no, through the voice of Antonini, we learn that the path of international sanctions continues to be endorsed, which have now demonstrated their ineffectiveness. We can beat around the bush as much as we want, but, as the trade unions have long highlighted, the dark scenarios that are hitting our economy are the result of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Therefore, without diplomatic action worthy of the name, which will inevitably have to involve all the countries of the European Union, the case of the nationalization of Ariston, which was not the first, may not be the last”.
