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March 05, 2021 The executive vice-president of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager, who is in charge of Competition, had a "first positive meeting" with the ministers Daniele Franco (Economy), Giancarlo Giorgetti (Economic Development) and Enrico Giovannini (Transport), during the which the four "have agreed to

, in a constructive way, to find

on the Alitalia dossier".

This was reported by a spokeswoman for the Commission, at the end of the videoconference meeting between Brussels and Rome on the airline.

The Commission has been investigating the

granted by Italy to the airline for some time.

Vestager has repeatedly made it clear that, in order to avoid that the heir company of Alitalia has to return the aid received from the State, there must be a real

between the old Alitalia and the new company, in terms of assets, employees, brand, between others.

Today, after the videoconference.

the very dry comment of the spokesperson for the European Antitrust.