"Privatizations must also be viewed as a factor in the development of the Italian economy, and this is the driving force behind our efforts. We want to limit the state's presence where it isn't needed and instead focus it on strategic assets. It involves allowing private individuals to own minority stakes in public-sector enterprises while ensuring the state's presence where there is none currently." These are the remarks of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who responded to questions in the Chamber yesterday. "We started with the sale of shares in Montepaschi di Siena, with a return of part of the resources that went out to MPS over the years - she added - It is very different from what we have unfortunately seen in past years, with privatizations that were actually gifts to neighboring entrepreneurs, on the basis of what happened with the oligarchs in Russia".
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