{"id":460111,"date":"2026-07-15T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/15\/electrolux-sejourne-la-tutela-dei-posti-di-lavoro-non-e-un-criterio-per-avere-i-fondi-ue\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:14:07","slug":"electrolux-sejourne-job-protection-is-not-a-criterion-for-receiving-eu-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/15\/electrolux-sejourne-job-protection-is-not-a-criterion-for-receiving-eu-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrolux, S\u00e9journ\u00e9: “Job protection is not a criterion for receiving EU funding”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The closure of an Electrolux factory in Italy and the resulting redundancies affecting around 1,700 workers<\/a> have come to the attention of the European Commission. Lega MEPs Anna Maria Cisint, Paolo Borchia, and Silvia Sardone<\/strong>, from the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group, have tabled a parliamentary question to the Executive Vice-President responsible for Industry, St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, in which they link the matter to the \u201ccontradictions\u201d in the European Union\u2019s industrial policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the parliamentary question<\/a>, the three MEPs criticise some of the instruments introduced by the EU to support the industrial transition, including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)<\/a>, which imposes a cost on carbon emissions embedded in certain products imported from third countries. According to Cisint, Borchia, and Sardone, measures such as the CBAM, which \u201care intended to safeguard the competitiveness of EU industries vis-\u00e0-vis third countries<\/strong>,\u201d are instead \u201cemblematic of European contradictions within regulatory frameworks<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lega representatives are therefore asking the Commission whether the European funding received by Electrolux was conditional on the company\u2019s commitment<\/strong> to safeguard jobs<\/strong> and maintain production capacity, and whether Brussels intends to review EU environmental and industrial legislation to prevent \u201cfurther deindustrialisation of the European manufacturing sector<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the reply to the parliamentary question<\/a>, S\u00e9journ\u00e9 points out that \u201cElectrolux Italia has received EU funding for research and innovation under the Seventh Framework Programme<\/a>, Horizon 2020<\/a>, and Horizon Europe<\/a>.\u201d However, she clarifies, \u201cthe protection of jobs or the maintenance of production capacity are not eligibility or award criteria<\/strong>\u201d for European funds.<\/p>\n

As for the regulatory framework, the Executive Vice-President implicitly rejects the idea of a rethink of European industrial strategy<\/strong>, emphasising instead that the Commission is already taking action to strengthen the competitiveness of industry<\/strong> without compromising the objectives of the green transition. Among the initiatives mentioned are the Clean Industrial Deal<\/a>, the Industrial Accelerator Act<\/a> and the the \u201cOmnibus\u201d simplification package<\/a>.<\/p>\n

S\u00e9journ\u00e9 also points out that the Commission \u201chas put forward a proposal on legislation relating to energy products to simplify further<\/strong><\/span> certain energy labelling rules for manufacturers of household appliances<\/strong>,\u201d including Electrolux. <\/p>\n

Even on the CBAM, which MEPs have identified as one of the factors undermining the competitiveness of European businesses, the Commission is proud of the work it has carried out. The European Commission, explains S\u00e9journ\u00e9, \u201cis constantly monitoring its implementation\u201d and in 2025 \u201cput forward two proposals to revise the CBAM<\/strong>\u201d to \u201csimplify the mechanism and extend its scope.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Commissioner for Industry, St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, points out that \u201cElectrolux Italia has received EU funding, but the protection of jobs or the maintenance of production capacity are not eligibility or award criteria\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":459998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25705,30805],"tags":[25871,29929,26955,30396,34260,33392,31554,26143,28420,28704,32233,34869,33394],"class_list":["post-460111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-industry-markets","tag-anna-maria-cisint-en","tag-carbon-en","tag-cbam-en","tag-electrolux","tag-energia","tag-householdappliances-en","tag-alloy-en-2","tag-paolo-borchia-en","tag-question-parliamentary-en","tag-sejourne-en","tag-silvia-sardone","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460112,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460111\/revisions\/460112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}