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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Colleen Barry

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni forced to defend her friendship with Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni - (Getty Images)

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni hs defended her friendship with U.S. tech billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk, telling Italian lawmakers that she would not be influenced in areas where he has economic interests.

“I can be a friend of Elon Musk and at the same time the head of the first Italian government that made a new law to regulate private activity in space,’’ she said, responding to questions during a customary parliamentary discussion ahead of a European Union summit in Brussels this week.

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