The Italian government announced, on Tuesday 17 March, that it intends to nationalise the airline Alitalia, which has been in great difficulty for years, as part of emergency economic measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Italian Council of Ministers “foresees the creation of a new company entirely controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, or controlled by a company with a majority public shareholding, even indirect”, a press release states. The government...