Berlusconi about Alitalia:
"We rescued Alitalia in 2008. Don't blame me as the former Prime Minister for the next crisis right now. The Italian flag carrier carries 21 million passengers and employs 14 000 people, while Ryanair carries 61 million and does so with only 6000 employees".
That kind of explanation given by Berlusconi today as Alitalia, further in debts, still didn't get the rescue package from Etihad.