Premier Giuseppe Conte said on
Benneton holding company Atlantia's reported threat to pull out
of the Alitalia project unless the government promises not to
strip it of its motorway concessions that the two issues should
not be "mixed".
"Alitalia is one issue, the motorway concessions are
another," he said.
"There should be no mixing".
The government has said it will strip Atlantia of the
motorway concessions because of its alleged failure to properly
maintain Genoa's Morandi Bridge which collapsed in August last
year killing 43 people.
A consortium made up of rail group Ferrovie dello Stato (FS),
Delta Airlines, motorway group Atlantia and the economy ministry
was set to present a binding offer to take over ailing former
flag carrier Alitalia.
Then Atlantia made a veiled threat to pull out citing the
motorway issue.
The government issued a statement Thursday night saying it
was "perplexed" by Atlantia's new stance.
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