Brussels, 27/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Following a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Rome on Tuesday 26 April, President of the Italian Council Silvio Berlusconi said he did not believe the takeover bid by French dairy group Lactalis of its Italian competitor Parmalat, one of the issues that has soured recent relations between Rome and Paris (see EUROPE 10356), to be “hostile”.
The Italian prime minister said it was “strange” that the French group's bid had been...