ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s industry minister said he had not discussed with France’s Bruno Le Maire about Rome buying a stake in carmaker Stellantis, at a meeting on Friday.
Italy’s previous deputy Economy Minister Antonio Misiani said earlier this year that a possible presence of the Italian State in the capital of the new group, formed though the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA, should not be considered a taboo.
“We haven’t discussed about a possible (Italian) State’s entrance in Stellantis,” Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said during a joint press conference in Rome with Le Maire.
Paris, a former shareholder in PSA, has a 5.7% stake in Stellantis.
(Reporting by Giuseppe Fonte, wrting by Giulio Piovaccari, editing by Giulia Segreti)
