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Albania migrant case, Musk attacks: 'These judges must go' and 'Sea Watch is a criminal organisation'

Thus Elon Musk on X commented on the post of a user reporting the news of the suspension of the validation of the detention of seven migrants decided by the immigration section of the Court of Rome, which also referred to the EU Court.

by Redaction Rome

12 November 2024

3' min read

Key points

Salvini: Musk is right
Bonelli: Meloni condemns Musk's words and defends the Constitution
Magi: Salvini and Meloni defend Italy from Musk interference
Wolves: Musk's words are inappropriate

3' min read

"Sea Watch is a criminal organisation": posting the sentence on X is Elon Musk, who thus replies to the NGO that had attacked him today, claiming that "Musk threatens the Italian justice system".

"These judges need to go" (These judges need to go), Elon Musk had written on X commenting on a user's post reporting the news of the suspension of the validation of the detention of seven migrants decided by the immigration section of the Court of Rome, which also referred to the EU Court.

The good relations of the American tycoon, Donald Trump's campaign sponsor, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are well known. Just a few days ago, the Prime Minister herself - who wanted to be presented with the Atlantic Council's 'Global Citizen Award 2024' by the Atlantic Council - on the sidelines of the European Council, after informing about a friendly phone call with Musk, described him as 'an added value in this time, a person who has certainly done extraordinary things, important things', emphasising: 'I think he must and can be an interlocutor'.

Anm: Musk respects the judiciary

Musk's attack was answered by the secretary general of the National Association of Magistrates Salvatore Casciaro: 'The hope is that there will be greater institutional respect for the judiciary and jurisdiction. The invitation and the hope is that there will be more balance in communication as well'.

"We are shocked by this intervention by a very powerful foreign tycoon. It is no longer the independence of the judiciary that is at stake here, but the sovereignty of the Italian state. First of all, we should think about this kind of defence and then about the defence of the jurisdiction,' adds the vice-president of the ANM Alessandra Maddalena.

Salvini: Musk is right

"Elon Musk is right. On 20 December I could be sentenced to six years in jail for having blocked, as minister of the interior, the landings of illegal immigrants. Seen from abroad all this seems even more incredible,' writes Matteo Salvini, minister, deputy prime minister and leader of the League, on Facebook.

Bonelli: Meloni condemns Musk's words and defends the Constitution

But Musk's words make noise. And voices of protest immediately rise from the opposition. "Musk's attack on the Italian judges is not only unacceptable and an interference by Trump's right-hand man, but it is an unequivocal sign of what Musk wants to achieve, namely to build a technological autocracy thanks to his economic empire to do without democracy. With its social platforms, its conquest of space with its satellites through which it can condition military conflicts and geopolitics, as in Ukraine, it poses a problem for democracy. I expect the Italian prime minister to condemn Elon Musk's very serious words in defence of our constitution and judiciary' So says Green Europe spokesperson and Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra deputy, Angelo Bonelli, in a note.

Magi: Salvini and Meloni defend Italy from Musk interference

He is echoed by the secretary of + Europe. "Who knows if the patriots Meloni and Salvini will defend Italian sovereignty from the interference of the American billionaire Elon Musk who asks the judges of a sovereign country to leave? Why doesn't Musk mind his own business? Maybe he thinks he is intimidating Italian judges, but Italy is still not Hungary, nor Putin's Russia, nor Trump's USA with justice subjugated to political power,' writes Riccardo Magi on X.

Wolves: Musk's words are inappropriate

Critical voices are also rising from the centre-right. "Elon Musk's words are inappropriate because, even from abroad, they fuel a clash with the judiciary that the centre-right does not want. There is no conflict between the powers of the state, between the government and the judiciary as a whole, we simply believe that some courts have made wrong and instrumental decisions. For us it is important, in the interest of the country, to affirm a fundamental principle of democracy: it is Parliament that makes the laws and it is the judges' task to enforce them, in their autonomy, avoiding creative interpretations. The Ministry of the Interior has done well to take the case to the European Court to reaffirm its absolute respect for the principles laid down by the EU'.

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