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After a courtroom in Rome on Tuesday refused to detain seven migrants in Albania and referred the matter to the European Court of Justice, Musk wrote on X that the Italian judges “must go.”
Mattarella, who additionally heads the physique governing Italy’s judiciary, defended the judges and chided Musk for his statements, particularly given his upcoming position within the U.S. authorities.
“Italy is a superb democratic nation, and is aware of the way to maintain itself whereas respecting its Constitution,” Mattarella mentioned in an announcement. “Anyone, particularly if … they’re about to tackle an vital authorities position in a pleasant and allied nation, should respect its sovereignty and can’t assume the duty of giving it directions.”
Musk’s assault on the judges echoed the Meloni authorities’s personal repeated assaults on Italy’s judiciary, however triggered outrage from opposition politicians over “international interference” and drew calls for that Meloni denounce Musk and reply within the nation’s parliament.
Peppe De Cristofaro of the opposition Green and Left Alliance mentioned in an announcement that Musk’s phrases have been “harmful for democracy” and had been “meant to intimidate judges … While Trump has not but turn out to be president of the United States, his lengthy arm extends to Europe, to destabilize it.”
Musk’s inflammatory rhetoric dangers turning into a burden for Meloni, with whom he enjoys heat relations.
Last week, the X-owner additionally known as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “a idiot.”
