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Gros-Pietro: Concerns about MPS’s independence? It won’t happen; shareholders will be pleased

“We need peaceful coexistence; otherwise, the prospects for the global economy are at risk,” says the President of the Republic in his opening address sent to the Ambrosetti Forum

by Rome Editorial Staff

4 September 2026

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The chairman of Intesa Sanpaolo, Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, has allayed the fears of local authorities in Tuscany that, following the takeover bid by Ca’ de Sass, MPS might lose its autonomy, brand and headquarters. “That won’t happen. If we look at our recent history, and consider the attitude of shareholders who were previously shareholders in banks outside the group, they are now all delighted” to be part of Intesa Sanpaolo, emphasised Gros-Pietro at the Cernobbio Forum. Shareholders who have acquired stakes in Intesa Sanpaolo in recent years “are receiving better dividends and, above all, have a much more positive outlook on their future”.

Urso: We will step up our efforts in advanced robotics in the coming months

“Italia’s strength lies in innovation. And in the coming months, we will be stepping up our efforts in this area, particularly in advanced robotics and humanoids – the new frontier of productivity. We have been working on this for several months.” So said Adolfo Urso, Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy, speaking at a round-table discussion at the Forum.

“We intend to introduce a package of measures to further incentivise innovation in industrial robotics and the use of humanoids. It is important to press ahead with this challenge in order to create a welfare system which, unlike the Chinese and American models, keeps the individual at the centre of everything: not to free people from work, but from the drudgery of work.”

Mattarella: cooperation between states to tackle global challenges

‘The current international situation leaves no room for delay. A clear course of action is needed to ensure that peaceful coexistence once again prevails within the Community of States, within a shared and respected legal and institutional framework.” So said the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in his opening message sent to the Ambrosetti Forum, currently taking place in Cernobbio.

“Without this prerequisite,” he warns, “the very prospects of a prosperous global economy characterised by steady and sustained growth are put to the test.”

‘It is hardly necessary to recall the human, political, economic and social costs of disorder, conflict and war’ and ‘an analysis of these would suffice to conclude that power politics and conflicts are manifestations of a vision of the future rather than genuine planning, and that they bring no real benefit to either the supposed victors or the vanquished’. So said the President of the Republic, for whom ‘safeguarding an international order that respects the dignity of individuals and peoples calls for a swift examination of the conditions necessary for reform and adaptation to the contemporary reality – which is radically different from the conditions of the post-Second World War years – in order to make it more appropriate and effective’.

The historical juncture ‘we are currently experiencing’, the Head of State goes on to explain, “appears complex and characterised by a transitional phase which, whilst declaring the existing balance to be no longer valid, does not seem committed to building a new one, confining itself – often with an eye to bygone eras that no longer exist – to questioning the values upon which national societies have built their present”. On the one hand, ‘the range of global challenges whose resolution requires greater cooperation between states is rapidly expanding – from climate change to pandemic health crises, from the availability of energy, food and water resources to the impact of artificial intelligence’. On the other hand, we are seeing ‘the re-emergence of predatory claims on existing resources – both tangible and intangible – accompanied by a worrying trend towards the reinstatement of power politics, with the threat, if not the use, of force to support one’s own claims in the resolution of international disputes’.

‘The EU must take action; prompt decisions are needed’

“Europe must be able to take the initiative to make a contribution on the international stage, and to do so, changes are needed to its institutions to ensure that decisions are taken more promptly,” emphasises the Head of State.

The EU, ‘far from considering abandoning its values, appears more than ever to be an urgent necessity for establishing standards of quality of life for the peoples of the entire planet. Its contribution to a fair and shared international order is invaluable and, in this regard, Europe must be able to take the initiative rather than merely adopting a defensive stance,’ observes Mattarella. The necessary and urgent changes to the functioning of its institutions – in terms of their composition, the speed of decision-making and their priorities – are essential to upholding the will expressed by the sovereign peoples who come together within it’.

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