Melons: "Never made choices I was ashamed of. Musk? They called him a genius, now he is painted as a monster"

“The Italians have called us to govern Italy in an extremely complex phase, and in this complexity we have always tried to move following a single compass, that of the national interest. Clearly everything is always perfectible, but I have no regrets or regrets becausein these two and a half years we have never spared ourselves. And I haven’t I’ve never made a choice I was ashamed of. Only those who don’t do things don’t make mistakes, as an old popular proverb said. I believe that behind every step there is always the risk of a stumble, but this is not a valid reason to stay still. Indeed.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says this in an interview with 7, the Corriere della Sera weekly, answering the question if there is something she wouldn’t do again.

Right now, she is the only woman among world leaders. Do you have a role model that inspires you? “No, because I believe that every leader has his own specific identity. Throughout history we have had women who have held great positions of responsibility, and one aspect of them could be highlighted rather than another. I prefer to simply aim to remain myself “.

“It makes people laugh who praised Musk as a genius and today paints him as a monster”

“We are certainly two people who have an excellent relationship. Elon Musk is a brilliant man and it is always very interesting to deal with him – he continued in the interview – Musk is a great personality of our time, an extraordinary innovator and who always has the looking towards the future. I find it natural to be able to dialogue with him. Of course, there are things on which our point of view is more similar, others where we are more distant, but this does not prevent the comparison. And, allow me, it makes us smile who until yesterday praised Musk as a genius and today instead he paints him as a monster, just because he chose the considered ‘wrong’ side of the barricade. I haven’t always thought like that”, explains Meloni.

“The only compass is the defense of the national interest”

“I have worked and continue to work to have greater investments in Italy and I evaluate the usefulness of every investment with the lens of national interest, not with that of political ideas or the friendship of those who invest. Others did this. the compass of my action is the defense of the national interest. And this obviously also includes the need to balance requests for participation and innovation with security needs. But it is a reasoning that applies to anyone who wants to invest in Italy, regardless of the name the company bears”, adds Prime Minister Meloni, when asked if she does not believe that some opportunities granted to Musk’s companies could become a risk with respect to national security .

Trump’s words on Ukraine “totally overlap”

“I have read the latest statements of US President-elect Trump” on peace in Ukraine. “These words totally overlap with those I have repeated, on behalf of Italy, on many occasions. We have always said that the only way to reach peace is to force Russia into a stalemate, because there is no possibility of peace if not the balance of forces and if Russia has free rein in the invasion of Ukraine. This is what Italy supports, and what the United States also says.”

“The ‘Albania solution’ is setting the tone for migrants”

“The executive has made precise choices to govern immigration, and the protocol with Albania is one of these. It is a very innovative solution, which is making waves in Europe and beyond, because it is clear to everyone which can deal a mortal blow to criminal organizations that speculate on migrants to fatten their profits.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated this in an interview with 7, the Corriere della Sera weekly, regarding the tensions with the judiciary over the Albania protocol on migrants.