Stellantis has written an email offering special conditions for employees to buy a Maserati car in September, saying the deal was also open to friends and relatives. However, the move immediately caused controversy, with some politicians saying it was an offence to furloughed employees of the Italian-French-American auto group. "Stellantis offering Maseratis at special prices to furloughed workers not only an insult, it also shows that it is a company in disarray and that Maserati is in a pitiful state," said former industry minister Carlo Calenda, the leader of the centrist, opposition Azione party. "Enough is enough. (Premier Giorgia) Meloni must summon (Chairman John) Elkann and (CEO Carlos) Tavares to the premier's office". Marco Grimaldi, an MP for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS), was critical too. "Have the management of Stellantis decided to take the path of lowly provocations as a way of handling union relations?," he said. "We ask this on the basis of the email sent by the company to all the wo rkers employed on the Maserati line in Mirafiori, who were laid off in the first quarter of the year and then put on a solidarity contract with a 80% reduction in their working hours until the end of the 2024. "It is a joke that's in very poor taste. "We ask (Business) Minister (Adolfo) Urso to report on this because in defense of the dignity of the workers because we do not accept this arrogance". Source: Ansa News Agency