Ex Ilva, another day of protest and tension with the police in Genoa

In front of the prefecture the mayor Silvia Salis also appeared, explaining over the megaphone to the workers: 'Tomorrow we go to the minister in Rome as you know. We are waiting for answers. I will ask the minister again what will happen if there are no offers from the private sector'.

La sindaca di Genova

Silvia Salis

La sindaca di Genova Silvia Salis cerca di calmare gli operai dopo i momenti di tensione avvenuti durante la manifestazione in occasione dello sciopero generale dei lavoratori metalmeccanici proclamato dai sindacati nel capoluogo ligure per la vertenza ex Ilva, Genova, 04 dicembre 2025. ANSA/LUCA ZENNARO

Then, after occupying the Brignole station for about an hour, blocking the movement of trains, the demonstrators set off again in a procession with work vehicles towards the Cornigliano plant in support of the Cornigliano steelworkers. The group of protesters will finish today's activity by reaching the active garrison in Piazza Savio.

The President of the Liguria Region Marco Bucci met with the workers of the former Ilva plant in Genoa during the occupation of Brignole station.

'The next actions,' he told the workers through the megaphone, 'will be tomorrow in Rome. I can't say now that I will come back a winner, but we work every day to make sure that the material from Taranto arrives in Genoa. But we must also work for other supplies for Genoa, Novi Ligure and Racconigi'.

Bucci finally launched an appeal to the workers on strike from Monday 1 December. 'Let's try,' he asked, 'to avoid other difficult situations,' referring to the moments of tension with the police in front of the prefecture in the Ligurian capital.

The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, held a meeting by video link-up with Piedmontese territorial institutions on the future of the former Ilva, with a focus on the relaunch of the Novi Ligure and Racconigi plants.

This was announced in a Mimit note. The vice-president and councillor for employment of the Piedmont Region, Elena Chiorino, the mayor of Novi Ligure, Rocchino Muliere, and the mayor of Racconigi, Valerio Oderda, were present.

Urso first of all reiterated what he had been saying from the outset about the Taranto plant maintenance plan initiated by the commissioners, aimed at restoring a production capacity of 4 million tonnes, which had been compromised by the evidentiary seizure of blast furnace 1 ordered by the Procura di Taranto.

The reduction in the flow of coils to the northern plants is therefore only temporary, due to the maintenance and revamping of the plants, in view of the start of the production growth phase starting in March. "There is therefore no closure plan," said Urso, "but rather a re-launch and resumption of production, for which the necessary resources have been ensured in the decree-law of 1 December, now being converted in Parliament.

The minister confirmed that 'all the Novi Ligure staff will remain at work' and that 'there has been no increase in the redundancy fund', even in Racconigi, where during the slowdown of activities 'the workers will remain on duty, involved in training courses, with fully guaranteed pay'.

Urso therefore reiterated that the government is in the field to ensure the continuity of production at the plants and the decarbonisation process, also evaluating the intervention of a public body to support the industrial plan. Today's meeting will be followed tomorrow by those with Ligurian institutions, at 10 a.m., and with Apulian institutions, at 12 noon, as agreed with the regions and local authorities at the meeting held at Mimit last Friday.