(Adnkronos) - Unicredit ha tenuto un comportamento "molto opaco" nei confronti di Commerzbank e il governo tedesco resta "profondamente convinto" che le acquisizioni "ostili" non siano il modo giusto per procedere, quando si parla di banche di "rilevanza sistemica". Lo dice il ministro delle Finanze tedesco Joerg Kukies rispondendo, a Bruxelles a margine dell'Eurogruppo, a chi gli chiede per quale motivo una compagnia aerea tedesca possa comprare in Italia la ex compagnia di bandiera (Ita), mentre un gruppo bancario italiano non può rilevare in Germania un istituto concorrente.
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00:00That is factually not true, because Unicredit has bought one of the largest German banks,
00:07the Ipoh Varense Bank. We are a very, very open banking market. Recently, a Dutch bank
00:12has bought one of the largest German private banks. The same has happened with a French
00:17bank. Italian and French insurance companies are very active, they have acquired German
00:22companies. The same is true for the financial services company. The financial market in
00:27Germany is generally very, very open. What we are concerned about in this specific case
00:32is the very non-transparent and opaque behavior of the acquiring bank, because we are deeply
00:39convinced that hostile takeovers are not a recipe for success when we talk about banks
00:44of systemic relevance. It means that the management of Unicredit should talk about the operation
00:49with the German government. We ask them. This is up to them to decide.
00:54Unicredit management should come to the German government and talk about that.
00:58That is up to them.