Mediaset, open war. Confalonieri: “With Vivendi, we do not want to treat” – The Messenger

ROME open War. Those who thought that the short trip in Italy, Arnaud de Puyfontaine could lead to some form of thaw in the contest for the control of Mediaset was out of the way. Not only the encounter with Pier Silvio Berlusconi has not led to any new, but the interview from the Ceo of Vivendi at the Corriere della Sera has definitely irritated the Serpent who now meditates to proceed in a legal way also to some of the expressions deemed defamatory. It is, in particular, of the judgment given on Mediaset Premium, a judgment that implicitly, from the French point of view, should explain the change of the idea, in relation to the agreements already reached: “ ;it Is as if we were invited to dinner at a three-star restaurant, and then we found ourselves in a mcdonald’s,” said de Puyfontaine. “The serious claims will be adequate replication in locations most appropriate,” they replied in a note from Cologno. Where it is not liked even the fact that the French have decided to go out with these methods, after a meeting that was supposed to be reserved. For more, the unflattering definition of the pay-tv Mediaset – beyond tone offensive – is considered to be an indication of the poor reliability of the counterparty, given all the insights that had been made in view of the agreement last April.

CLOSED CHANNELS
Therefore, at the moment there seem to be no other diplomatic channels active; the war is open and after the surge market of the French, the main front remains that of the judiciary. Waiting to march 21, the date of the first hearing of the civil case brought against Vivendi in the next few days may get the request of a precautionary confiscation of the shares of Mediaset in the hands of the French. In short, the giant Italian television remains absolutely firm in its position, calling for respect of the contract that was signed. The line has given yesterday directly Fedele Confalonieri. “This is a hostile takeover, not only from our point of view, but also from the point of view of the policy and under this point of view has made us much pleasure to feel supported by the institutions, because it is understood that there is substance, there is in the game only the Italian style and the Italian National anthem, but also the national interest,” said the chairman of Mediaset, appreciating then the positions of the government and, in particular, of the minister Calenda, that Wednesday had put out a press release by the tones rather hard on Friday, then met the same de Puyfontaine for ribadirgli face-to-face the position of the executive.

Confalonieri has also recalled the stages of the story and, in particular, the depreciation of the title on which it is then grafted to the roundup by the French. And he rejected the arguments used by the Ceo of Vivendi: “The facts are that we had a contract and could not have respected. Now to say that that contract was wrong is absurd, wrong about what? They have done their due diligence then they had to realize if there were things that were not. Then he concluded, “the excuse to say we have been cheated, or say something that very much resembles, is a pretext really come from thin air”.

THE ROOFS OF the LAW
At the moment it is also difficult to imagine that the question can be addressed on a different level to the government level. The Italian government has in hand the tools of intervention and direct the barrage stronger (although to be verified in concrete ways) is the one opposite by the Authority for communications, recalled how a joint control of Telecom and Mediaset would break the roof provided for by the law in the context of Sic, the integrated system of communications.

On the political plane yesterday the story of Mediaset, gave rise to the league member Roberto Calderoli to ask you to insert a “safeguard clause of national interest in all treaties or national community”.

2016-12-18 00:00:00

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