The Italian government has suspended a plan to sell stakes in energy company Eni and air traffic controller Enav to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, after Europe’s statistics agency Eurostat questioned whether the stakes should be moved to a state-controlled entity. Italy’s economy minister Giovanni Tria, who is also head of its budget office, said on Tuesday that he would not approve any deal with the European Commission until it had been cleared by parliament.
The Italian government has suspended a plan to sell stakes in energy company Eni and air traffic controller Enav to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, after Europe’s statistics agency Eurostat questioned whether the stakes should be moved to a state-controlled entity. The Bank of Italy has said that it may not agree that a sale to CPD would clean up public finances and Eurostat may decide to include CDP liabilities when calculating Italy’s public debt, currently 131.6% of GDP.