The provincial government “works” so that Volkswagen’s battery assembly remains in Navarre

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The President of Navarre, Maria Chivitehas warned that the request of the employees that Volkswagen Navarra does not outsource the installation of batteries for the next electric vehicle “it is a business decision”, but he has assured that his government is “working” so that this process is carried out in Navarre “and generates hundreds of jobs”.

She said this in statements to journalists after speaking as general secretary of the PSN in an act with municipal candidates of her party, where, when asked about the criticism of the leader of the position, Javier Esparza (UPN) about his efforts with VW, Chivite thought that was a pity Esparza “always plays the worse the better and use that future of the factory as a tool to attack the government”.

In this regard, he stressed: “First of all, that the future of the Volkswagen factory is guaranteed because the manufacture of the electric vehicle is coming”, something that is “a fact and a reality”, he said to send a message to Javier Esparza: “Tell the doomsayer that his omens are not fulfilled, but those of the government itself”.

In the meantime, she recalled that she herself will travel this month together with the president of the VW plant in Navarra and representatives of the car cluster to ask the European Commission to postpone the application of the Euro7 standard, which will stop production in 2025. to delay. to adapt it to the mandatory lower pollutant emissions from passenger cars.

“We are going to ask for an easing to match this necessary transition to sustainable mobility with the guarantee of employment” as it coincides with lower production in VW Navarra due to the preparation of the factory for production in 2026 of the electric vehicle. “We will ensure that this announced production dip is minimized with a more flexible Euro 7,” he wished.