"We will not call a meeting if there are not signals (..) for a better offer on the jobs front," Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters at the end of a meeting with ArcelorMittal and Ilva's unions.

However, he added that he still hoped for a new meeting later this week. ArcelorMittal won a tender to buy Ilva in 2017 and had been due to takeover the firm in July, but the purchase was delayed at the request of the newly installed government.

(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio; Editing by Crispian Balmer)