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10 October 2019The date must be respected, there is no need for a further loan or financing ". Thus the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, replied to reporters who, on the sidelines of a Snam conference, asked him if Alitalia needed it. of a further bridging loan. "We are waiting for the consortium's restricted offer to arrive, I know they are working to meet the date", added Patuanelli.

As for the letter that Lufthansa sent to Fs, Patuanelli reiterated what was said yesterday: "It is a market operation, I am vigilant of the commissioner structure. I know that Lufthansa wrote because he put us for information, but precisely for me it was knowledge and it must be Fs to write to the commissioners and manage this.

The ministry cannot enter the market dynamic ".

Yesterday Lufthansa wrote a letter to Fs and Mise to propose itself as an alternative to Delta in the newco led by Fs and Atlantia.

Lufthansa, it is specified, has proposed a strong commercial partnership, without for the moment showing an interest in taking shares of the company destined to control the new Alitalia.