Agnelli Family Media Firm Should Stay Italian, Minister Says
Antonio Tajani attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the Brothers of Italy, on Dec. 14.
Photographer: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images
Italy’s foreign minister said the Agnelli family’s Gedi Gruppo Editoriale SpA media company should stay in Italian hands to safeguard press freedom, as sale talks continue with Greece’s Antenna Group.
“If Italian dailies remain in Italian hands that’s better for everyone, for press freedom, for the national interest,” Antonio Tajani, also a deputy premier, told reporters Saturday. “However, unless the law is broken, it’ll be the market which decides.”