“We are not going to regret it”, Jean-Pierre Mercier, South delegate, reacts to the departure of Carlos Tavares

It was planned, but not this soon. Carlos Tavares is no longer the boss of Stellantis. The succession process was launched at the beginning of October but several disagreements precipitated his departure. His resignation was announced on Sunday December 1st.

It is the end of a 10-year reign, marked by the successful merger between PSA and Fiat Chrysler, but also by strategic errors which have caused sales to plummet in recent months and by management without qualms, 'Or the satisfaction of Jean-Pierre MercierSouth delegate of Stellantis.

“We are not going to regret it. He massacred tens and tens of thousands of jobs. He had planned the closure of two factories in France, that of Douvrin in the north which manufactures thermal engines and then the factory of Poissy. we won't regret it at all“, he insists.

“The only question we ask ourselves is what is the amount of his retirement check, his golden parachute. We are not at all expecting this replacement to change policy as the economic war between car manufacturers are raging, and this war, they are doing it with the skin of the workers and on the back of society“, he says indignantly on RTL.

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