Journalist Ferruccio de Bortoli said
Wednesday he was "absolutely tranquil and sure of the
reliability of my sources" in writing in a new book that Cabinet
Secretary Maria Elena Boschi asked former Unicredit CEO Federico
Ghizzoni to weigh buying the troubled Etruria bank where her
father was vice president. "I did not speak of pressure, it was
reported to me by a source close to Unicredit," he said, adding
that he welcomed libel suits, saying "I collect them". De
Bortoli added, of the Corriere della Sera newspaper which he
formerly edited, "Corriere has broad shoulders...I have never
been soft on (ex-premier Matteo) Renzi, I don't think I ever cut
him slack". De Bortoli's book, Strong Powers, Or Almost, was
presented by publishers RCS Media Group at a Milan theatre
Wednesday.
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