Berlusconi: Enough already

The confusion at Alitalia, the bankrupt Italian airline, doesn’t appear to be lesson enough for Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi has now gone on television to “predict” Telecom Italia will remain in Italian hands. It’s a clear message to Telefonica, the Spanish group which is its biggest shareholder. But the message to Berlusconi should be clearer. Political meddling rarely makes for better business. True, meddling in Telecom Italia, like meddling in Alitalia, is a unifying feature of Italian gove...