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POLITICS Italy will do whatever it takes to unblock its third instalment of the EU pandemic recovery funds, which is worth 19 billion euros, European Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto said in a statement on Saturday. Brussels has excluded projects for new Stadiums in Florence and Venice from the ones that can be financed with the EU cash, Fitto added.
ECONOMY Italy needs a sovereign wealth fund to funnel its large private savings into the corporate sector and boost the economy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as telling the Milano Finanza newspaper in an interview on Saturday.
DEBT Meloni told Milano Finanza she was working with Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti to increase the share of Italians who invest in government debt but ruled out a tax cut on income from domestic government bonds.
COMPANIES LEONARDO CEO nominee Roberto Cingolani may also become general manager of the defence group, La Repubblica reported on Sunday.
MONTE DEI PASCHI The privatisation of Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena should foster the creation of several large banking groups in the country, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as telling the Milano Finanza newspaper on Saturday.
TELECOM ITALIA The government is monitoring the phone group's efforts to sell its landline grid and submarine cable unit Sparkle, but will not intervene unless there are risks for the country's national interest, Meloni told Milano Finanza on Saturday.
ENEL Meloni on Saturday told Milano Finanza that she was satisfied with government's nominations for the boards of state-controlled companies including Enel, shrugging off criticism voiced by some investors in Italy's biggest utility. CEO candidate Flavio Cattaneo plans to accelerate cost cuts and maintain dividend policy, Bloomberg News wrote on Friday citing people familiar with the matter.
(*) JUVENTUS Juve's 1-0 defeat at home to Napoli on Sunday leaves them in third place in Serie A. The result marked the team's first three-game losing streak in Serie A since 2011. Napoli, who won with a stoppage-time goal by forward Giacomo Raspadori, are now 17 points clear at the top and on the brink of claiming their first Serie A title since 1990.
(*) LAZIO Lazio suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat at home to Torino on Saturday, leaving them in second place in Sere A on 61 points.
(*) IPO, LOTTOMATICA The offer by Italy's largest gambling group runs from Monday to Thursday this week. The company said on April 20 it would sell shares priced at between 9 and 11 euros each.
DIARY Italy's Treasury announces the type and amounts of BTP bonds and CCTeu notes to be auctioned on April 27.
COMPANIES ITALY After Hours trading is closed at Milan Stock Exchange. FTSE MIB Banca Mediolanum, Banco BPM, Campari, CNH Industrial, Ferrari, Prysmian, Stellantis pay dividends. OTHER LISTED COMPANIES Edison, Maire Tecnimont, Piaggio pays dividends.
EVENTS Exclusive talks between ITA, the successor to bankrupt Alitalia, and Lufthansa over the sale of a minority stake in the Italian carrier ends on Monday, although the deadline is not binding.
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