For 1.5 billion euros, the American company should provide a full range of encryption services to the government of the transalpine far-right leader, Bloomberg reported on Sunday January 5.
Far-right Italian leader Giorgia Meloni is cultivating her good relations with the new Trump administration and more particularly with her special advisor Elon Musk. The day after the surprise visit of the President of the Italian Council on Saturday January 4 to Mar-a-Lago, to the Florida HQ of the future president, Bloomberg reported Sunday evening, January 5, the ongoing talks between Rome and SpaceX.
The American billionaire’s company should provide the transalpine executive with encryption services for the internet and telephony. A contract estimated at 1.5 billion euros, which also contains communications services for the Italian army in the Mediterranean region as well as the deployment of satellite services for emergency situations in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster in Italy.
Discussions on this contract, which were until now blocked, are now at an advanced stage according to the American media but the agreement which should last for a period of five years has still not been signed. The project has, however, already been approved by the Italian intelligence services as well as the Ministry of Defense, specifies Bloomberg.
The meeting between Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump at his Florida resort appears to have been productive. The president-elect called his counterpart “fantastic woman who conquered Europe» while the President of the Council welcomed“a lovely evening with Donald Trump whom I thank for the welcome”. “Ready to work together”, she said on social media, posting a photo of their meeting.
Elon Musk eyes European politics
The billionaire boss of SpaceX has also become a regular and privileged interlocutor of the far-right leader. At the end of September, Elon Musk presented the “Global Citizen Award” to Giorgia Meloni in New York during a ceremony organized by an American think tank. He was full of praise for her, calling her “authentic, honest, sincere person”. “I thank Elon for the beautiful words he had for me, and for his precious genius for the times in which we live,” Meloni replied.
A proximity with the head of the Italian executive which testifies to the growing interest of the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla in European policy. Elon Musk recently stood out for his virulent attacks on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the subject of immigration. He also gave his support to the AFD, the German far-right party, ahead of the early legislative elections scheduled for the end of February.
For its part, SpaceX already maintains links with the American government, collaborating with NASA and the army. For example, the private company already has a key role in the Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2027.
Musk’s firm also concluded an agreement with the American defense to deploy Starshield, constellations of satellites on the same model as that of Starlink, which provides internet access across the world. But this time, they will be spy satellites to monitor ground movements anywhere on the planet.
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