Salvador Illa says that he will do "whatever it takes" to preserve the jobs at Seat

BarcelonaThe President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, explained this Friday that he is in contact with the top officials of the Volkswagen group and Seat in Catalonia and that the Government will do "whatever it takes" to preserve the company's jobs in Catalonia.

He stated this during a press briefing during his institutional trip to Ukraine, after the Volkswagen Group Supervisory Board unanimously approved on Thursday the Future Plan 2030, a transformation program that includes an adjustment to the global workforce capacity of approximately 50,000 jobs. According to reports published in the German press, the adjustment plan could also entail the disappearance of the Seat brand, although this would not affect the continuity of the Martorell factory.

In this sense, Illa recalled that this industry and its jobs are "essential" to the Catalan economy and that the Government will do everything in its power to preserve them. On Thursday, faced with reports about the possible disappearance of the Catalan brand, the Seat works council requested the involvement of the Catalan and Spanish administrations to save it.