AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoUniCredit-Commerzbank: UniCredit has closed in on a hostile €45bn takeover of Germany’s Commerzbank, now holding about a 48% stake and pushing the battle toward a decisive endgame. Digital Sovereignty: Poste Italiane is positioning itself as Italy’s “national postman” champion for digital infrastructure, betting on its €13.5bn bid for Telecom Italia (TIM) to expand state-backed telecom and cloud capacity. Banking & Markets Watch: Bank of Italy data shows average new mortgage rates near 4% in May, while markets digest central-bank signals and shifting rate expectations. EU Politics & Tech: The EU is resisting calls to suspend the entry-exit system (EES) despite major disruptions and long queues, keeping pressure on travel and border tech. Italy-US Health Tension: Calabria keeps backing the Cuban doctors programme despite US pressure, highlighting ongoing geopolitical friction around healthcare supply. M&A / Transport Finance: Apollo has made a surprise £5.7bn takeover offer for easyJet, topping the prior Castlelake deal and raising the stakes for European airline ownership rules.
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