The Secretary of State for Industry has assured today that “we do not have on the table” entering the capital of Seat as demanded today by the president of the workers’ committee, Matías Carnero, in an interview with La Vanguardia. The number two of the Ministry of Industry has explained within the framework of the Fórum Europa Tribuna Catalunya held in Barcelona that regarding the issue of “strategic autonomy we must rethink public intervention and the entry into the capital of key companies.”
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The question to the Secretary of State comes after the representative of the Seat workers defended the need for the State and the Government to support the public aid given to the company at a time when Germany is considering the possibility of eliminating the historic brand in just over two years and maintaining only the Cupra brand.
At the same event, the Secretary of State assured that he has “zero doubts” that the Seat brand will continue and added that he hopes the Volkswagen group will continue investing in it and launching “new models,” reports Efe.
The Government representative highlighted both the resources provided by the State and the Generalitat, complemented by private investment, to promote the electrification of the Seat plant in Martorell (Barcelona). Likewise, he said that Seat, the Spanish subsidiary of the Volkswagen group, is a company that plays a “spearhead” role in the sector in Spain, and in fact recalled that its CEO, Markus Haupt, also leads the Spanish automotive employers’ association Anfac.
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Likewise, the Secretary of State has claimed the collaboration between the Chery group and Ebro to relaunch the Ebro brand, a model that is proving to “work,” he said. García Brustenga also highlighted the alliance between Ford and Geely to jointly produce vehicles in Almussafes (València) and predicted that more alliances of this type with Asian companies will be seen in Spain.
The consellers of Business, Miquel Sàmper, and Economy, Alícia Romero, attended the forum, which also brought together representatives from the automotive and industrial sectors in Catalonia, including the leaders of the company Ebro.
