Alitalia is in Berlusconi's pocket. It was used as part of his re-election campaign that he would not allow the Italian National Carrier to go down.
Berlusconi will just ignore Brussels as he has ignored them so many times before. He has, personally and through the government, bailed Alitalia out.
All we are seeing here is the same as happened to Parmalat, but with aircraft.
Best of luck to them, at least we won't see the Italians bleating about fuel surcharge fixing whilst their airlines are in bankruptcy protection, that's reserved for the 'level playing field' Americans.
