Premier Matteo Renzi said
Thursday that he won't change the rules set last year for
ownership of RaiWay, which controls the transmission towers and
antennas for public broadcaster RAI.
"You have to consider (financial) market operations, not
politics," said Renzi.
A company owned by ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, Ei Towers,
had bid for a two-thirds control of RaiWay. However, when it was
placed on financial markets last year, government rules said RAI
must keep 51% ownership.
"The government has put certain rules in place and it does
not intend to modify them," the center-left premier said.
Also on Thursday, sources said the RaiWay board of
directors will meet later this afternoon in an emergency session
following the tender offer by Berlusconi's Mediaset.
Mediaset said Wednesday that its broadcasting network
operator Ei Towers has made a cash and stock offer on RaiWay,
valuing the target company at 4.50 euros a share, or 1.22
billion euros.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
