Parliament is a serious thing. But also the place where the craziest ideas arise. The latest one is registered PD (not that they are the only ones, mind you) and concerns the owner of the Tesla. In fact, two Dem representatives in the Senate have just tabled two amendments that everyone has already named anti-Musk.
The occasion is the discussion in the Senate of bill Competition. The two senators Nicita And Bass have drawn up two rather particular proposals for changes. The first places a ban on subjects who exercise control of online platforms regulated by Digital Service Actlike Musk in the case of X, to offer wholesale and retail connectivity services, including satellite connectivity, on Italian territory. Translated from the politician: by maintaining control of the social network, Elon would not be able to sell Starlink services in Italy. The second amendment, again signed by Nicita and Basso, aims more or less at the same objective (the tycoon who became councilor of Donald Trump): satellite technology is excluded from third parties who can access the Pnrr resources assigned to telecommunications operators.
This is to all intents and purposes a retaliation against an entrepreneur who, before purchasing In fact, the Democratic Party not only presented the text of the two amendment proposals, but also issued a statement to claim that these are “contra personam” amendments.
The not too hidden objective is to prevent Musk from renting his network Starlink to the Italian government. As is known, the dialogue on the issue has continued. Between Giorgia Meloni and Elon relations are excellent, as demonstrated by the photograph taken in Paris on the occasion of the reopening of Notre Dame which sees the Italian prime minister in conversation with both the South African tycoon and Donald Trump.
It is no mystery that the executive has launched a study to understand whether and how to use fast satellite internet services. Due to the bizarre investigation that also involved Andrea Stroppa, the studies for the supply of the network to Italian diplomatic offices are known. And then the undersecretary for technological innovation, Alessio Butti, had clearly explained that the executive was evaluating the use of Starlink given “the delays of traditional operators” in wiring all of Italy with broadband. Musk doesn’t need cables: all he needs are the satellites that are already in orbit and those that can be sent into space, of which he is practically one of the few to possess the capabilities and vectors to do so. The same Matteo Salviniin mid-November, had made no secret of his desire to make agreements with the tycoon’s companies. “In Italy we need Musk because we need the connection Starlink – he had said to Agora – otherwise there are too many cities that are not perfectly connected”.
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The article The Democratic Party doesn’t know what else to do: two “anti-Musk” regulations presented comes from Nicola Porro.