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They were in the habit of considering
consumer markets as a sort of hunting reserve for their monopolistic policy.
We started breaking up that monopoly
because we moved out
of those large companies, out of the cartel.
I think it's a wider issue,
because I think we should be moving
towards a different relationship
in the oil market.
Eni has begun applying a new formula,
which involves paying the same duties as the others
as well as giving the country a 50-50 role
in production, in the development of its own resources.
Naturally, this means sharing both the good
and the bad.
But this is only the first step
towards the sort of direct relationship
that will necessarily have to come into play,
sidelining the current structure of the world oil market.
A direct relationship will have to be established
so that the latter can sell it
at prices up to 40-45% lower
than those applied to products today,
earning the same amount of money
because the middleman's been cut out.