SEAT president states that it would only “make sense” to move HQ out of Catalonia if it could not provide “legal protection”

The president of the SEAT automobile company, Luca de Meo, has said that the option of moving Seat’s headquarters out of Catalonia would only “make sense” if the company finds itself without “legal protection.” This was written in a letter from De Meo to all Seat workers.

In the letter, the SEAT executives noted that the current political situation and the impact this may have on the company has become one of the management and staff’s “main concerns.” It guarantees that its priority is “to protect the interests of all workers and their respective families, of the investors, of the suppliers and of the clients.”

“Political and monarchical pressure”

In fact, there have been reports that SEAT is being pressured by Spain to move its headquarters out of Catalonia. This, according to the chair of the committee of Seat’s plant in Martorell, Matías Carnero, stated in an interview with Radio Television Vasca (RTV). In the interview with the Basque broadcaster, Carnero disclosed that the company had received “political and monarchical pressure” to transfer their registered office to Madrid.  But the firm has maintained an attitude of neutrality so far.