Politics · Italy · 12 hrs ago
Riondino criticizes Genoa mayor over the future of former Ilva plants
Actor Michele Riondino criticized Genoa Mayor Silvia Salis over her comments about the future of the former Ilva steel plants.
Salis said the plants should not all be treated alike because their circumstances differ.
Riondino argued that Genoa and Taranto are linked through the same steelworks.
In the 1990s, blast furnaces closed in Genoa and production moved to Taranto, which Riondino said has borne the environmental and health costs since then.
He said progressive politicians should show solidarity with workers and communities, and warned that Salis’s position could alienate voters in southern Italy.
The disagreement matters because it concerns how the plants’ futures should be weighed against the costs faced by the communities around them.
No next step in the dispute was stated.
Michele Riondino criticized Genoa Mayor Silvia Salis over her position on the future of the former Ilva plants.
He argued that Genoa and Taranto share the same industrial site and that Taranto has borne the environmental and health costs since production moved there.
Riondino said solidarity between workers and territories should be a principle shared by the progressive political camp.
Salis had said that the same approach could not apply to every plant in Italy because their circumstances differ.
Riondino also criticized a remark he attributed to Salis about the right-wing electorate’s short memory.
- Who
- Actor Michele Riondino criticized Genoa Mayor Silvia Salis.
- What
- Riondino challenged her position on the future of the former Ilva plants and called for solidarity between workers and territories.
- When
- Riondino spoke on a Saturday evening broadcast; the article was published on October 18, 2026.
- Where
- The plants are in Genoa and Taranto; Riondino spoke on La7’s In Altre Parole.
- Why
- He said Taranto had borne the environmental and health costs after production moved there from Genoa.
Michele Riondino
Silvia Salis
Approach to the plants
Michele Riondino
The plants should not be treated separately, and solidarity between workers and territories should be shared across the progressive camp.
Silvia Salis
The same approach cannot apply to all Italian plants because their circumstances differ.
Genoa and Taranto
Michele Riondino
Riondino said the two cities have the same plant and that Taranto has borne the environmental and health costs since production moved there.
Silvia Salis
Not stated
Production was transferred from Genoa to Taranto after the blast furnaces in Genoa closed.
Riondino discussed the former Ilva dispute on La7’s In Altre Parole and criticized Salis.
- People
- Michele Riondino; Silvia Salis
- Plants
- Former Ilva plants in Genoa and Taranto
- Production transfer
- From Genoa to Taranto in the 1990s
- Broadcast
- In Altre Parole on La7
- Publication date
- October 18, 2026
What people are saying
How can the broad progressive camp hope to achieve a great result if it has decided, through a leading figure, to give up on the southern electorate?
I envy the right-wing electorate the ability of their leaders not to be ashamed of saying right-wing things.
The same argument cannot apply to all plants in Italy because they have completely different circumstances.