Mfe, a 2025 with profit and dividend for a group playing on the tables of six countries

Pier Silvio Berlusconi says this, then specifying, in response to a precise question, that landing in politics is not on the agenda ('it is not an issue that exists today'), but 'as entrepreneurs we cannot be distant from politics, disinterested'.

The number one of the Mediaset group is not disinterested and does not hide when talking to journalists. In this context, he also does not hide his opinion, a positive one, on the Executive. "I think that the government, in a super complicated situation, is doing well: all the economic indicators remain positive in a very complicated European and world macroeconomic situation. So my judgement is positive. Then let's look around. In my opinion we have the best prime minister around in Europe'.

The government, according to Pier Silvio Berlusconi, is doing well 'even on the manoeuvre', but 'I don't like the word capital at all and it honestly seems out of place. That in certain particular historical moments in the economy of particular fragility there can be one-off taxes that are linked to the profit level of companies, I do not think this is wrong. But the word patrimonial in my opinion is wrong. Just as the expression extra-profits was wrong. What does extra mean? It doesn't mean anything'.

A passage also on Europe, also by virtue of being a company that has embraced a transnational perspective. "Certainly what has been done so far is not enough, but Europe must be able to exist, to act and to defend itself. Of this I am certain. First of all as an Italian and European citizen, and even more as an Italian and European entrepreneur'.

During the meeting, there was no lack of reference to the game of the moment on the editorial side, with the possibility that La Repubblica and La Stampa, as well as the radio stations, of the Gedi group could be sold by the Agnelli-Elkann family's Exor to the international group Antenna. 'It is news that finds me strange, too bad. The market is the market, but as an Italian the fact that a piece of the history of publishing, journalism, and information in our country goes into foreign hands is a bit of a shame. Maybe whoever arrives is very good and maintains a line consistent with the history of the titles and creates jobs,' he points out. But 'pluralism, independence, and employment are the values of journalism in Italy'.

Would Pier Silvio Berlusconi like to buy Repubblica? 'Since we are TV and book publishers, the thought of keeping such a historic newspaper in Italian hands cannot fail to fascinate, but it's fantasy economics, it's fantasy publishing. Everyone has to do their own job. It is a train that has passed, but to say that I would not like it would be false. We have two jewels, the Corriere and the Gazzetta, which are Italian and whose publisher Urbano Cairo must be given credit for having left their soul and consistency to their history'.

Meanwhile, on the 'core' side, for Mfe, 2025 'was an extraordinary year' that will close 'with a higher profit and dividend distribution'. This is the year of the entry through the front door into Prosiebensat, where the long-standing Cfo, Marco Giordani, who will now be replaced in his role by Simone Sole, was sent as ceo. In Germany the situation, also on the economic side, is not the best, but 'for Prosiebensat we have a turnaround plan that, as of today, does not contemplate any redundancy plans', unlike the German Rtl Group with its 600 redundancy plan. 'This is brave and if we succeed it will be a great credit to Mfe. We have just started work and there is a lot of work to be done,' he added. "In a very complicated situation, to date we have found no negative surprises in the core business. We are going ahead with what we studied before and we are working on a new plan that will be integrated but it is really early to talk about it. We have been working on it for a few weeks. I hope very soon to improve the accounts, but we need to work on the editorial offer and work on TV and digital'.