Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday waded into German politics at a time of a heated debate on immigration across Europe, saying Berlin-funded migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean could be seen as an 'invasion' of Italy.
To Musk's question if the"German public is aware of this", the German foreign ministry replied curtly:"Yes. And it's called saving lives."
The foreign ministry's answer prompted the social media platform's boss to intensify his criticism, writing in another post early Saturday:"Frankly, I doubt that a majority of the German public supports this."Have you run a poll? Surely it is a violation of the sovereignty of Italy for Germany to transport vast numbers of illegal immigrants to Italian soil? Has invasion vibes," Musk added.
Meloni recently wrote a letter of complaint to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to express her"amazement" about Berlin funding charities helping irregular migrants in her country. Asked about the letter, Berlin confirmed that it was providing between 400,000 euros and 800,000 euros each to two projects relating to migrants.
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