STEP 1-Finmeccanica, Government confirms confidence in De Gennaro … – Reuters Italy

       

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ROME, April 9 (Reuters) – The government confirms the confidence the president of Finmeccanica Gianni De Gennaro, after the controversy following the sentencing of the beatings of police against G8 protesters in Genoa by the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the allegations against De Gennaro by the president of the Democratic Party Matthew Orfini.

       

He said today Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during a press conference.

       

“The government reiterates its confidence in De Gennaro,” Renzi said, recalling that “it has been confirmed by our government after his acquittal” to the facts of the G8, which at the time of the current president of Finmeccanica was chief of police.

       

“The government has no doubt about the quality and competence of President De Gennaro, and we say this very clearly,” said Renzi.

       

In a judgment published two days ago, the

Strasbourg Court condemned Italy for the beating of an Italian place in July 2001, during the G8 summit in Genoa, following the raid of the police in the Diaz school.

       

Yesterday Orfini had defined “shameful” that De Gennaro was president of Finmeccanica, after the Strasbourg ruling. In the evening also the Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party Debora Serracchiani had invited the president of Finmeccanica to “reflect”.

       

After the comment Renzi, Orfini but wanted to reiterate his thoughts, always on Twitter: “Rest of my idea: the change that the Democratic Party is promoting in the country should not stop at the front door of the usual suspects.”

       

The title of Finmeccanica on the stock market was not affected by the controversy today and was treated above the average trend of the stock market: the 16.55 was treated at 11.69 euro, up 2.1% on yesterday’s closing in a bag that earns 0.7%. More …