The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
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(*) ECONOMY
A trade war between the European Union and the United States "would be in nobody's interest", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, when asked about possible tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump may impose on EU products.
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Jan. 30.
COMPANIES
MONTE DEI PASCHI (MPS) BMPS.MI, MEDIOBANCA MDBI.MI
The state-backed lender on Friday joined in the consolidation wave sweeping Italian banking with a surprise 13.3 billion euro ($14 billion) all-share offer to buy merchant bank Mediobanca.
Italy's government supports Banca Monte dei Paschi's (MPS) bid Mediobanca as the proposed deal may strengthen the country's banking system and its broader economy.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that Italians should be proud that MPS was now a financially healthy bank able to launch "ambitious operations".
Speaking to reporters in Saudi Arabia, she said if its bid for Mediobanca were to be successful it would create a third major banking group, (alongside Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit), and "that could play an important role in safeguarding Italians' savings". She did not elaborate.
In a letter to Mediobanca's staff, Chief Executive Alberto Nagel and Director General Francesco Saverio Vinci said Monte dei Paschi's bid had not been agreed with the Milan-based bank.
Mediobanca's board will meet on Tuesday to discuss the bid by MPS, a person close to the situation said.
(*) It makes no sense for the Italian government to sell more stakes in the Tuscan bank at a time when its shares are falling, Marco Osnato, the economic affairs spokesman for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, said in an interview with La Repubblica on Monday.
Osnato was rebuffing calls from deputy premier Antonio Tajani for the full privatisation of MPS. He said markets needed time to understand the Mediobanca deal, and a decision on when to sell the state's residual stake in MPS would be taken depending on what creates the most value for taxpayers.
(*) GENERALI GASI.MI
Delfin, the holding of the Del Vecchio family, has been given almost all authorisations required to increase its stake in the insurance group above 10%, from the current 9.8%, daily La Repubblica wrote on Monday.
HSBC on Monday cut its rating to 'hold' from 'buy' and raised the target price to 30.5 euros from 30 euros.
MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE MFEB.MI
ProSiebenSat.1 PSMGn.DE Supervisory Board Chairman Andreas Wiele will not seek re-election and will leave the company after May 28, the German broadcaster said on Friday. MFE is the top investor in ProSieben.
PIRELLI PIRC.MI
Businessman Marco Tronchetti Provera, through his investment vehicle Camfin, bought further shares in the Italian tyremaker, filings showed on Friday. Camfin's stake in Pirelli rose to 26.4% from a previous 26.1%.
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The Italian defence and aerospace group is about to enter a partnership with Turkish drone maker Baykar for unmanned systems, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, adding that the deal is close to being finalised.
(*) Italy is in favour of Saudi Arabia joining the GCAP fighter jet programme, which currently involves Italy, Britain and Japan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, adding that it would however take some time.
(*) SABAF SABF.MI
The Italian maker of components for household cooking appliances expects a good 2025 with double-digit growth in orders in the first weeks of the year pointing to a very strong first quarter, CEO Pietro Iotti told Corriere Economia on Monday.
JUVENTUS JUVE.MI
Napoli staged a rousing comeback to secure a 2-1 victory over Juventus in Saturday's action-packed clash
(*) LAZIO LAZI.MI
The Rome club lost 2-1 at home to Fiorentina and remains fourth in Serie A on 39 points.
SOGES GROUP SOGES.MI
Starts capital increase; ends on Feb. 13.
UCAPITAL24 U24.MI
Ends capital increase.
ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA ZGN.N
Releases FY preliminary revenues (1130 GMT), followed by conference call (1300 GMT).
DIARY
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on official visit to Manama, Bahrein.
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