{"id":2368744,"date":"2024-11-14T01:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italys-president-scolds-elon-musk-over-comments-regarding-countrys-court-rulings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T01:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:52:16","slug":"italys-president-scolds-elon-musk-over-comments-regarding-countrys-court-rulings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italys-president-scolds-elon-musk-over-comments-regarding-countrys-court-rulings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s president scolds Elon Musk over comments regarding country\u2019s court rulings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fitalys-president-scolds-elon-musk-over-comments-regarding-countrys-court-rulings-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Italian\u2064 President\u200b Sergio Mattarella criticized \u200cElon\u2064 Musk for his\u2063 comments on Italian court rulings that are affecting a\u200d 2023 \u200dagreement\u200d between Italy and Albania regarding the processing of asylum-seekers. Musk \u2063condemned the rulings \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-yellen-had-four-orders-of-potentially-hallucinogenic-dish-does-this-explain-her-strange-behavior\/\" title=\"Did Janet Yellen&#039;s Hallucinogenic Meal Cause Her Odd Actions?\">social\u2062 media<\/a>, suggesting that the judges \u200dneeded to \u200bbe replaced and questioning whether Italy operates as \u2062a\u2064 democracy. In response,\u2062 Mattarella \u200cemphasized Italy&#8217;s democratic\u2063 principles \u2064and stressed the need for respect towards\u200d its sovereignty. The \u2062controversy arises from a Roman court ruling that prevented the detention of migrants from Egypt and \u2062Bangladesh, thereby conflicting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni&#8217;s agreement with Albania, which aimed \u200dto first process these migrants in Albania\u200d before admitting them to Italy. The European \u200bCourt\u200b of\u2064 Justice has also ruled that certain \u200dcountries cannot be \u200bclassified as &#8220;safe,&#8221; complicating Meloni&#8217;s plans,\u2063 which her government intends to \u2063challenge in court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Italy&rsquo;s president scolds Elon Musk over comments regarding country&rsquo;s court rulings&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880977\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Italian President Sergio Mattarella scolded SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over the latter&rsquo;s comments regarding Italian court rulings that have impeded the workings of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni&rsquo;s 2023 agreement with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to process asylum-seekers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk condemned the rulings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> on X. First, Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/musk-italy-albania-migration-8a3cad24845a86f7ae5a11fc00ce4931\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on Tuesday that &ldquo;these judges need to go.&rdquo; Then, on Wednesday, followed up with more criticism of the court rulings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is unacceptable,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1856652010415599863?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;Do the people of Italy live in a democracy or does an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unelected autocracy make<\/a> the decisions?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mattarella did not take too kindly to Musk&rsquo;s comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Italy is a great democratic country, and I must reiterate, with the words used on another occasion, on 7 October 2022, that &lsquo;it knows how to take care of itself while respecting its Constitution,&rsquo;&rdquo; Mattarella <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/en\/news\/musk-sente-meloni-e-replica-a-mattarella-lo-rispetto-ma-esprimo-liberamente-le-mie-opinioni\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Anyone, particularly if, as announced, they are about to assume an important government role in a friendly and allied country, must respect its sovereignty and cannot assume the task of giving it prescriptions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The controversy stems from a court in Rome essentially refusing to comply with the agreement Meloni established with Albania. A Roman court ruled against detaining seven migrants from Egypt and Bangladesh in Albania. After initially being sent to Albania for processing, the migrants were returned to Italy on Monday due to the court&rsquo;s ruling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meloni&rsquo;s agreement with Albania stipulated that migrants seeking to enter Italy would be first sent to Albania to be screened, detained, and processed before being granted admission into Italy. As part of the agreement, Italy listed several countries where migrants can be denied asylum because such countries are considered &ldquo;safe.&rdquo; Egypt and Bangladesh were among those countries.<\/p>\n<p>However, the European Court of Justice ruled that no country should be considered safe unless all regions and minority groups are considered safe. Given the turmoil in each country, this nullified such a classification for Egypt and Bangladesh. The decision put the court in direct conflict with Meloni&rsquo;s initiatives and agreement. Meloni&rsquo;s government plans to challenge the ruling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Government does not agree with the sentences, we will challenge them and will continue the project of protecting the [EU&rsquo;s] external borders,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/giorgia-meloni-italy-albania-migrant-scheme-hits-another-bump-bangladesh-egypt-court-judge-salvatore-casciaro\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove<\/a>, an MP with the Brothers of Italy party and justice undersecretary in a statement. &ldquo;We were elected to fight irregular immigration and dismantle the inhuman slave trade along the Mediterranean, and we will not give up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk later expressed his respect for Italy&rsquo;s president and the nation&rsquo;s constitution. However, he also emphasized that he has a right to freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment. He also cited rules in Italy&rsquo;s constitution that specified the protection of freedom of expression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entrepreneur emphasizes that freedom of expression is protected by the First Amendment and by the Italian Constitution itself, therefore as a citizen he will continue to freely express his opinions,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/en\/news\/musk-sente-meloni-e-replica-a-mattarella-lo-rispetto-ma-esprimo-liberamente-le-mie-opinioni\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Andrew Stroppa, Musk&rsquo;s representative in Italy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880977\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880977\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy&#8217;s president rebukes Elon Musk for his remarks on court rulings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2368745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon_Musk_bbv5.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32208,7375,32192,14683,5894],"class_list":["post-2368744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-court-rulings","tag-criticism","tag-elon-musk","tag-italy","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon_Musk_bbv5.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368748,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368744\/revisions\/2368748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}