“I don’t think there is any difficulty” in the dialogue with the EU Commission regarding the MPS dossier. Thus the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, during the press conference at the end of the year. The Monte dei Paschi di Siena stock rises to Piazza Affari, marking a rise of 1.50% to approximately 0.92 euros, at 14.47 Italian time.
Regarding the existence of Europe’s prejudices towards Italy regarding state aid, Draghi replied: “probably in the past”. But “the pandemic has also changed the rules on state aid a lot”, explained the premier.
“The Commission – said Draghi – has just extended the exemption or suspension of the rules for a few more months in 2022. This derives from the awareness that the investments necessary to implement the transitions underway cannot be made without the role of the State. . The rules on state aid must go back to being compatible with the appeal to ‘transformative’ investments to which the European Union calls us “.