Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) lost almost 50,000 workers between 2000 and 2020.

Omissions

• The 2000 baseline (about 112,000 employees) covers the entire Fiat Group, including non-automotive businesses (CNH, Iveco, components) that were later spun off or divested, so the comparison with the 2020 FCA figure (~47,000) is not strictly like-for-like.
• By end-2020 FCA direct employment in Italy was about 47,000 (Domani), and the Fiom-CGIL union reported Stellantis Italy at 37,288 at end-2020, implying a reduction on those comparisons larger than 'almost 50,000' (up to roughly 65,000–75,000 depending on scope).
• Sources are secondary Italian media articles citing Fiat/FCA annual reports; no primary annual-report data (Fiat Group / FCA financial statements) was consulted directly.
• The stated period (2000–2020) technically overlaps the launch of the EU Green Deal (December 2019), although the bulk of the decline (2000–2015) predates it, supporting the speaker's 'well before the Green Deal' framing.
• The MEP could have known these sources: the most recent data cited (end-2020 employment) was published in 2021–2025, before the 2026-07-07 session.

Sources

• Secondarylavoce.info — Ma Marchionne ha creato posti di lavoro?Nel 2000, secondo il bilancio Fiat, i dipendenti in Italia erano 112 mila (In 2000, according to Fiat's annual report, employees in Italy were 112,000).
• SecondaryPagella Politica — Quanto è cambiato il numero dei dipendenti FIAT sotto Marchionneil gruppo FCA impiega oggi in Italia circa 60 mila persone, mentre nel 2000 ne impiegava 112.000 (FCA employs about 60,000 people in Italy today, while in 2000 it employed 112,000) — i.e. a reduction of about 52,000, very close to 'almost 50,000'.
• SecondaryEditoriale Domani — La Fiat ci è costata dieci miliardi ma non c'è mai stata una strategiaA fine 2020 Fca dava lavoro in Italia a circa 47 mila dipendenti diretti, tremila in meno rispetto al giugno 2004 (At the end of 2020 FCA employed about 47,000 direct workers in Italy, 3,000 fewer than in June 2004).
• SecondaryGlobal Banking & Finance (citing Fiom-CGIL) — Stellantis Job Cuts: Impact on Italy's Automotive IndustryThe automaker's workforce in Italy fell to 27,632 at the end of 2024, from 37,288 at the end of 2020 (Stellantis/FCA Italy workforce per Fiom-CGIL report).
• SecondaryIl Fatto Quotidiano — Fiat Chrysler, nell'era Marchionne persi 21mila posti di lavoro in ItaliaNell'era Marchionne (2004–2014) FCA ha perso 21.000 posti di lavoro in Italia (During the Marchionne era FCA lost 21,000 jobs in Italy), evidencing that the bulk of the decline predates the Green Deal.