Speeches

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the crisis in theautomotive It is a reality: The failure of your policies green The only consequences of the last five years have been a drop in sales, closed companies and unemployment. It is good to reduce emissions, it is right and it must be done, but not at the expense of the competitiveness of a sector that is worth 7% of European GDP and employs 13 million people. We know that electric is not the solution. Already in 2017, Marchionne warned that, without first knowing how to produce energy from clean and renewable sources, electricity would pose a threat to our planet. The European Union's legislation has not only forced that path, but with its failed strategy has given us a Europe that is poorer in economic, employment, innovation and research terms. Commissioner, the sector is calling for advance verification of the results achieved by different technologies, in the market and in environmental results, without waiting for the 2026 verification. It is up to politics to give an answer and to give it quickly. The question is whether this Europe, pervaded by green ideology, is willing to listen.