Today it became known that Alitalia's loss in the first quarter was 200 million. It is the litmus test of what is claimed in a previous article published last week on FIRSTonline.
We recall that the government had announced a loan of 400 million to give six months (200 million per quarter) to the commissioners to present the programme. Then, the loan had risen to 600 million (one and a half times) and an extension to nine months (one and a half times) was foreshadowed.
Today's news explains that: the flow of 200 million per quarter has an economic, non-financial origin; since there are no more shareholders and the credit tap being closed, the economic loss translates into financial needs; shrewd people of Alitalia such as Gubitosi and Laghi will have informed the government before the commissioner; the government has calculated that it takes at least nine months to override the 2018 elections and that 200 for three quarters is 600; therefore he increased the loan, which is a refund at the bottom of the list.
The strangest thing is this: the government has not reduced this amount from the proceeds of all the micro-disposals of secondary assets that the commissioners will busily carry out. I wonder why.
*riccardo.gallo@uniroma1.it
