You are trying very hard not to see my point which I will make one last time before shutting up. I am not saying that Italy has no multinationals but that for its population, the number of multinationals that make the global 500 is very small. Take a look at the following website and compare Italy to just about every other large western economy and you will see that their global companies are very few.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...untries/I.html
By the way I'm not trying to bash Italy, I am just nuancing that there may be more factors than just the unions at work. I also fully agree that it was used for political cronyism and vote buying, this poor airline never had a chance in todays environment. I feel sorry for the people who will lose their jobs.