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Carlo Messina

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Intesa Sanpaolo

Search every verified Carlo Messina interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Carlo Messina, Managing Director and CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo, spoke at the FORUM COLDIRETTI 2026 event on October 22, 2026, where he addressed Italy's economic resilience, the protection of savings, and proposed budget priorities. He stated that Italy has strong structural conditions, citing the country's 6 trillion euros in savings as a key national strength, and argued that despite difficulties such as bureaucracy and public debt, Italy has achieved better results in recent years than other European countries like France and Germany. Messina also emphasized that financial measures should avoid blanket interventions and instead concentrate resources on investment and social programs aimed at reducing poverty and inequality, rather than creating an "electoral budget." Regarding the national budget, Messina expressed support for the government's fiscal approach, attributing a significant contribution to public spending from banks, and highlighted the ongoing challenge of the shadow economy. He also voiced strong opposition to Generali being controlled by French financial capital, stating his conviction that the company must remain Italian. Messina indicated that if Intesa Sanpaolo acquires a stake in Generali, he would welcome Unicredit, Delfin, Caltagirone, and Benetton as shareholders alongside the company, and he emphasized that Italian shareholders should secure Generali as a strategic national asset.

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“I would like it if, when 50 billion in profit is mentioned, they also said that 25 billion is the contribution the banks have made. Therefore, if the banks are there, there is an important contribution to public spending. Should we remember that in a country that, according to the latest ISTAT data, still has nearly 200 billion in the shadow economy, despite some improvements that must be credited to the government? ”

“I am convinced that we have very strong structural conditions in this country today, very strong. We were talking about savings, we were talking about businesses, we were talking about entrepreneurial capacity and the desire of everyone working in Italy to get things done and to overcome limits, as happened during the Covid period. Everyone thought that Italy would be the country that went to ruin. I mean, it seems t”

“Riteniamo che questo piano sia un piano anche di rafforzamento del nostro sostegno ai paesi in cui operiamo, in particolare anche all'Italia, dove destiniamo 260 miliardi di crediti a medio lungo termine alle famiglie e alle imprese in questo arco temporale, cioè per farla facile finisce il PNRR inizia il PNRR inizia da San Paolo per l'Italia perché metteremo a disposizione più fondi rispetto a quelli del PNRR e siam”

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