The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security, people familiar with the matter said.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Finland's President Alexander Stubb during a group photo at a summit on Ukraine at Lancaster House in London, March 2, 2025

Sir Keir Starmer has told Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that they approach the issue of the conflict in Ukraine with a very similar mindset. Italy 's Giorgia Meloni was greeted warmly by Keir Starmer outside of Downing Street.

Britain's Prime Minster Keir Starmer and the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni inside 10 Downing Street in London, 2 March, 2025⁠

The year began with a bang: racist immigration policies, economic upheaval, government attacks on the judiciary, and a crackdown on activists. But this isn’t Donald Trump’s America — it’s Giorgia Meloni’s Italy.

Elon Musk's man in Italy Andrea Stroppa told Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party "don't call us any more" Wednesday saying the FdI had forged a deal with the Democratic Party (PD) and other leftwing opposition parties to pass an amendment safeguarding national security on any possible deal with Musk's Starlink satellite fast Internet system.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni called out the Left’s "double standard," claiming conservatives like Trump, Milei, and Modi are unfairly branded as threats to democracy. She argued that liberals once praised global leftist networks but now fear the rising influence of conservatives worldwide.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump Saturday night, ahead of a European security summit where she will meet Ukraine’s leader.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Joel Kaplan, the chief global affairs officer of U.S. tech giant Meta, to discuss possible new investments in Italy, Meloni's office said on Thursday.Meloni and Kaplan talked about artificial intelligence and other aspects of the technological transition,