Industry Minister Carlo Calenda
on Monday reiterated his call for Puglia Governor Michele
Emiliano to withdraw the region's legal challenge to a decree
modifying the environmental cleanup plan for the troubled ILVA
steel plant in Taranto.
"My invitation is the same as before - withdraw the appeal
and let's open talks," Calenda said.
"You can't call for the opening of talks when you move
dialogue to the courts.
"It is not correct".
Calenda has said the challenge to the Puglia regional
administrative court threatens a deal for new owners to take
over ILVA and the associated environmental clean-up.
The Taranto plant, Europe's largest steelworks, is undergoing
a painful restructuring to revamp it and clean it up after years
in which it was linked to high local cancer rates.
The decree at the centre of the controversy was approved by
the government at the end of September.
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