Musk SpaceX Talks With Meloni Get Slammed by Italy’s Opposition
- Rome confirms talks with SpaceX, says no deal reached
- ‘Italy isn’t for sale,’ main opposition party leader says
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Italian opposition leaders roundly criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government for engaging in talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal for encrypted communications systems.
“Italy still has laws and nobody has abolished parliament,” former Premier Matteo Renzi said, joining other lawmakers who called for any potential deal to be vetted by the legislature.