Italian President Sergio Mattarella today criticized Elon Musk after his statement about Rome tribunal judges who are in conflict with the ultra-conservative government of Giorgio Meloni. Mattarella urged the billionaire to refrain from “giving lessons”, France Press reported.
„Italy is a large, democratic country that can govern itself by respecting its constitution,” said in a statement Mattarella, who is a respected and authoritative figure in Italy, although his function is essentially ceremonial .
„Everyone, especially if this everyone is preparing, as announced, to take an important role in the management of a friendly and allied country, must respect its sovereignty and cannot afford to teach it lessons,”, the head of state wrote , without naming the billionaire.
The future minister of “government efficiency“ in the administration of the newly elected US President Donald Trump – Elon Musk, intervened yesterday via a post on "X" in the tense debate over the migration policy of the government of Giorgia Meloni and criticized the court in Rome which ruled against the migration agreement negotiated between Italy and Albania.
A court in Rome on Monday rejected for the second time the transfer of a group of migrants to centers run by Rome in Albania, referring the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to rule on whether the migration plan complies with European law.
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„These judges have to go," commented the richest man in the world, known to be close to both Meloni and Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister of the Italian government and leader of the far-right League party.
The moment Mattarella published his statement, Musk launched another attack on the Italian magistrates on the social network “X“, commenting on another user's post on the same topic.
„Do the people of Italy live in a democracy or does an unelected autocracy make the decisions?”, he wrote.