The European Union must be
"severe" if Embraco's moving production from Italy to Slovakia
involves State aid on the part of the eastern European country,
Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Wednesday.
"I have great confidence in the competence and objectivity of
(European Competition Commissioner Margrethe) Vestager," Padoan
said.
"If there is State aid (allowing low labour costs), as is
possible, I expect the Commission to take severe measures"
because State aid "is a serious violation of the internal
market", he said.
Vestager will give a press conference on the case later
Wednesday.
On Tuesday she promised Industry Minister Carlo Calenda she
would be "intransigent".
Whirlpool unit Embraco is shutting its plant employing 500
workers near Turin and offshoring the jobs to Slovakia.
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