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After an interminable 6-hour meeting, the Council of Ministers approved, on November 30, a decree-law for the "Environmental clean-up and continuity of production at Ilva Tarente," the largest steel plant in Europe, which the judges are accusing of being a major environmental and health disaster in the region. The site has been sequestered until the company cleans it up. To keep Ilva from closing following the Court's action - indeed, in addition to destroying thousands of jobs, it would be a major threat to the country's industrial future as it produces one third of all steel produced in Italy -, the decree tries to reconcile "environmental issues, the respect of workers and local communities' right to health, and the defense of employment," allowing the plant to operate following certain requirements and procedures. (Ref. 120712)
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