Giuseppe Fonte

France's Credit Agricole had informal backing from the Italian government before it said on Friday it was raising its stake in Banco BPM , two sources close to the matter told Reuters.

There are no conditions for signing off on EU-Mercosur trade deal, Italy says

The European Union needs to set up a common spending programme to fund strategic investments that are indispensable to boost productivity and keep pace with the United States, European Central Bank policymaker Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday.

Italy's co-ruling League party said on Tuesday it was drawing up a bill to boost politicians' powers to name senior central bank policymakers, reforming the current system by which appointments are largely made mainly internally.

Italy reserves the right to use its golden power legislation aimed at shielding strategic assets in regards to UniCredit's plans to take over Banco BPM , Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said.

Italy is planning a crackdown on cybercrime, according to a draft decree seen by Reuters on Thursday, after recent cases of alleged hacking into major state and financial databases prompted a swift response from the government.

The leaders of Italy, Japan and Britain have discussed a potential broadening of the GCAP jet fighter project to other countries, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.

Italy's record on spending its bumper share of the EU's post-COVID funds is patchy at best, data showed, as the minister in charge of the matter faced a European Parliament hearing on Tuesday over his prospective new job at the European Commission.

Italy has extended its domestic tax on digital services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to try to overcome U.S. objections that the levy is discriminatory, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Thursday.

Italian economy minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Thursday said it would be good to have a meeting with Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr at the weekend to overcome a dispute regarding the sale of a minority stake in state owned ITA Airways.