Elon Musk asked to refrain from “give lessons”. Italian President Sergio Mattarella rephrased the billionaire on Wednesday, November 13, after his controversial statements about judges fighting with the ultra-conservative government of Giorgia Meloni.
“Italy is a great democratic country (…) that can manage itself respecting its Constitution”Mattarella, a highly respected moral authority in Italy, although his function is essentially ceremonial, declared in a statement.
“Any person, especially if he is preparing, as announced, to occupy an important role in the government of a friendly and allied country, must respect its sovereignty and cannot afford to lecture him”wrote the head of state, without naming the businessman.
future minister of “government efficiency” In the government of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, Elon Musk interfered on Tuesday in a tense debate on the immigration policy of Giorgia Meloni’s government by criticizing judges from the Peninsula on his X channel.
“Is it an unelected autocracy that makes decisions? »
The Rome judges involved on Monday rejected the detention of a second group of migrants transferred to centers managed by Rome in Albania, referring the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
“These judges must go”commented the richest man in the world, considered close to M.me Meloni but also Matteo Salvini, vice president of the Italian government and leader of the far-right League party.
At the time Mattarella published his press release, Musk again attacked the Italian magistrates in X, in a comment to a message posted on this topic by another user. “Do people in Italy live in a democracy or is it an unelected autocracy that makes the decisions? » he wrote.
Musk then spoke to Ms. Meloni and shared his ” I respect “ for President Mattarella, according to a spokesperson for the businessman told the Italian news agency ANSA.
“However, it highlights that freedom of expression is protected by 1Ahem amendment of the Italian Constitution and that, as a citizen, he will continue to freely express his opinions.”we can read in the press release.
