Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is in talks with several private companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX over the country's telecoms security system. What consequences would a deal have if it went ahead?
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00:00Giorgia Meloni has denied having discussions about a deal with Elon Musk to provide secure
00:06telecommunications for the Italian government.
00:09Not only did Italy's Prime Minister Meloni confirmed it in the end-of-year presser postponed
00:14to January, but a statement issued earlier by her office said that no agreement had been
00:19signed.
00:20But what would the deal mean for Italy-EU relations and what about the security concerns
00:24at play?
00:25The Italian government insists the EU's efforts to breach the gap with Starlink might have
00:29arrived a bit too late.
00:55From a political standpoint, the deal could have a significant impact on several fronts.
01:05The EU Commission explained that Italy is a sovereign state and that the agreement would
01:10not be compatible with IRIS Square, the EU's flagship satellite system project.
01:39The Italian representative for Musk's aerospace businesses stated that Italy would have full
01:44control of its data.
01:45Ferdiano Finucci, a journalist and author who recently wrote a book on the use of satellites
01:49in conflicts around the world, believes there is more to it.
02:13George Orlandi, for Euronews, in Rome.