Italy's president calls on Musk to withdraw from politics
Italy's president calls on Musk to withdraw from politics
ROM, Reuters - President Sergio Mattarella pointed out Elon Musk on Wednesday not to interfere in Italian affairs. This happened after the US billionaire had said that Italian judges who had blocked an anti-immigration initiative planned by the government should be removed.
growing tensions between government and judiciary
The extraordinary statement by the Italian head of state was carried out against the background of growing tensions between the government coalition and the judiciary, which has attracted Musk's attention - a friend of Prime Minister Giorgia meloni .
criticism of the Italian judiciary
"These judges have to go", wrote Musk on Tuesday to X and referred to a group of Roman magistrate who had questioned the legality of a government initiative for the detention of asylum seekers in Albania - a measure to make irregular immigration difficult.
failed plans for locking migrants
The judge's decision led to a small group of migrants who had just been brought to Albania to Italy. This was made by Meloni's main plan to combat irregular arrivals.
response to Musk's comments
Musk's statements were published on the front pages of Italian newspapers and came just a few hours before the announcement that Donald Trump a leading role in the creation of a more efficient government in the united Had entrusted states.
"Italy is a great democratic country and ... knows how to help itself," said Mattarella, who is constantly considered the most respected guide in Italy.
compliance with sovereignty
"Anyone, especially if, as announced, he will take over an important government position in a friend of a friend, sovereignty has to respect and must not deal with the granting of instructions," continues Mattarella.
Musk's answer and future prospects
In return, Musk announced an explanation of his Italian representative Andrea Stroppa in which he expressed "respect" for Mattarella and the Italian constitution, but his intention to continue to "freely express his opinions". He explained that he had sent Meloni the same message in a "friendly" phone call and expressed hope of an even stronger Italian-US-American relationship. He is also looking forward to meeting Mattarella soon.support of political analysts
While Meloni did not react to the comments of the US entrepreneur on social media, the deputy prime minister and leader of the right-wing party Matteo Salvini welcomed them. "@Elonmusk is right," he wrote on Tuesday on X.
EU court and legal challenges
In the center of the controversy there is a judgment of the European Court of Justice (Eugh) from October, which says that no country of origin can be considered safe if even a part of it is dangerous. This questioned Italian politics that attempted to attribute visa -free migrants to their countries of origin.
The judgment of the ECJ refers to a Czech case, but applies to the entire European Union and at the same time fell when the Melonis government was busy building recording centers in Albania that were supposed to serve to process migrants who wanted to go to Italy on the sea route.
legal uncertainty and necessary clarification
The centers should enable faster return, but the Roman court found that this should only happen after the ECJ offers further clarity. Therefore, two small groups of migrants who were brought to Albania in the past three weeks had to be transferred to Italy almost immediately, which led the project into a legal gray area.
The Italian Supreme Court will review the legality of the decision of the Roman court in early December. However, experts agree that the last word will probably be at the ECJ. An ECJ employee announced on Wednesday that the court based on Luxembourg could need months or at least weeks to clarify whether Italy can legally attribute migrants to countries that it considers it to be safe, such as Egypt, Tunisia and Bangladesh.
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