July 13, 2025

Giorgia Meloni

Banking

Italian court hands Meloni partial victory in UniCredit banking merger battle – POLITICO

Earlier this year Italy used foreign investment screening powers — or ‘golden power’ — to impose harsh conditions on UniCredit’s bid for BPM. UniCredit appealed the decision claiming that the conditions are disproportionate and effectively prevent it from doing the deal. The court said on Saturday that the government should review two of the conditions

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Banking

Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering – POLITICO

It began last year, when Milanese banking giant UniCredit angered Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government by attempting to take over crosstown rival BPM, which Meloni had hoped to merge with the partially bailed-out Tuscan lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena. In response, Rome deployed screening tools known as the ‘golden power’ — whose purpose is

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