ANSA reported that prosecutors said on Thursday that they will continue to enforce a judge's orders to close parts of the ILVA steelworks despite protests from workers there.

Taranto prosecutor Mr Franco Sebastio said he did not know what the next move might be from the owners of the troubled plant, Europe's largest steelworks, but it would not stop his work.

He said "I do not know what kind of appeals ILVA will decide to present. If there are no changes procedures will go ahead.”

Mr Sebastio, who succeeded in convincing Taranto judge Ms Patrizia Todisco that ILVA's proposal for the immediate remediation of its plant was inadequate to address the environmental disaster at stake and Ms Todisco ruled against ILVA's request to keep the steel plant operating during the cleanup. She said “The goods in question health, life and environment, and even the right to dignified work without compromising the health of a human being do not permit bargaining.”

Source - ANSA

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