Italy - Factors to watch on May 5

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The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on .ECONOMYItaly called for the introduction at EU level of a windfall tax affecting energy firms, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Monday, while also reiterating his appeal for more lenient EU budget rules.Italy and Azerbaijan aim to strengthen their partnership on gas and oil supplies, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, after meeting Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.Italy posted a state sector budget deficit of 16.5 billion euros in April compared to a shortfall of 20.7 billion euros in the same month last year, the Treasury said in a statement on Monday.COMPANIES(*) UNICREDIT MIL:UCGThe Italian lender posted record-high quarterly profit that beat expectations on Tuesday, and improved its outlook for the year, as it kicked off a takeover offer for Commerzbank XETR:CBK in defiance of strong German opposition. Unicredit did not expect to gain control of Commerzbank with its bid, CEO Andrea Orcel said in interview with CNBC on Tuesday. Conference call on results at 0800 GMT.(*) UNICREDIT MIL:UCG, GENERALI MIL:GThe Italian lender does not plan to increase its stake in Generali above 10%, UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel said in an interview with Class CNBC on Tuesday.According to Il Sole 24 Ore daily, UniCredit had informal contacts with Italy's insurance supervisory authority IVASS to pave the way for possible approval to raise its stake in Generali above 10%. UniCredit said that no authorisation request had so far been submitted to IVASS, the daily added.(*) SNAM MIL:SRGFour non-binding bids for Bioenerys, Snam's biomethane unit, are expected on May 6, Corriere della Sera daily reported on Tuesday. Italian energy group A2A MIL:A2A, Verdalia - a European biomethane platform backed by Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners -, Retina Holding - a biomethane platform company owned by Actarus Renewables and Biomethane Asset Holdings - and the fund Vesper Infrastructure Partners are interested in the assets, it said. Bioenerys operates through two divisions, which Snam could sell separately, Corriere added. Rothschild and BNP Paribas are the advisers.(*) ITALMOBILIARE MIL:ITMAlberto Zanatta, chairman and...

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