A mediation proposal that Eni neither accepted nor responded to

In 2018, journalist and critical shareholder Mauro Meggiolaro went beyond the written questions previously submitted to Eni.

During the General Shareholders' Meeting, he took the floor and addressed the Board of Directors, the shareholders in attendance, and members of the press.

On that occasion, he publicly presented the Flinto Case.

But his intervention was not intended to make accusations or demand punishment.

Quite the opposite.

Mauro Meggiolaro proposed that Eni and I meet to seek a solution based on dialogue, transparency, and the principles of good corporate governance.

He even offered to act as a mediator between the parties.

The proposal was simple.

Neither to condemn.

Nor to absolve.

Only to allow the facts to be examined transparently.

To talk.

To review the documents.

To seek a solution consistent with the values that the Company itself claims to uphold.

The meeting, however, was never held.

The proposal was never answered.

Nevertheless, Mauro Meggiolaro's intervention remains permanently recorded in the Official Minutes of Eni's 2018 General Shareholders' Meeting.

Perhaps that was the moment when the Flinto Case definitively ceased to be merely a personal story.

It became, in a public, documented, and permanent way, part of the debate on ethics, transparency, and corporate governance within Eni itself.

Tomorrow, we will see why, after five different Boards of Directors and three CEOs, no independent investigation has ever been conducted.

To be continued on Friday.

✅ Learn more about my history with the Italian oil giant Eni:

1️⃣ Memorial (1999–2025);

2️⃣ Chronology of facts supported by documentary evidence.