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11 April 2021On Alitalia "this will be a decisive week" in negotiations with the European Commission.

"I hope this negotiation will lead to a positive solution. Also because the sentences for state aid are also expected by the end of April", said the Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, during an event at the Political Training School. of the Lega, in Milan.

"The discussion that we have underway even in these days, in these hours, with the European Commission is very close, the intention of the Italian government is to have a competitive company. It is objectively a tug-of-war with the European Commission" he continued Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on the Alitalia dossier with Brussels.

The one with Europe "is a tug of war in which everyone brings their own reasons, in the name of the principle of competition", he stressed.

It is a negotiation, he specified, "that the Mef is conducting in particular, because the new company belongs entirely to the Mef. On the part of the Government there is the desire to have a competitive company that can perform its functions as a tourist link, has a perspective, and that it is destined to expand over time, with the resumption of tourist flows ", added the owner of the Dicastery of Via Molise.

"It is clear that the new company, in order to be in discontinuity and in economic equilibrium, will most likely be a different airline, much more restricted on routes and aircraft", underlined Giorgetti.

The state has invested three billion of public resources in Ita ": it is not really a question of disengagement from the state. The Italian government is committed here as it is committed elsewhere, but it must also make a balance on where and how to invest resources: they certainly cannot be thrown away, also because there are other sectors that are in difficulty and suffering ", he continued.

In the case of Alitalia and Ita the "it is clear that if we had been prone to EU requests, the deal would have been closed 3 months ago. We, starting from a disadvantage , we have a very different situation from that of AirFrance and Lufthansa. There is a concept of Europeanism that is not prone and not taken for granted. We must have the stature and the authority to be able to defend Italian interests in Europe ", said the minister. , underlining how with Draghi there is "a concept of Europeanism and national sovereignty that is not prone and not taken for granted".

With Draghi, Giorgetti said, one has "the authority to defend Italian interests in Europe. The situation that has arisen with Draghi is that of being able to play a better role".