But don’t the two go together? How do you get the greens onboard if you split it

Progress on the deal reportedly accelerated after Meloni’s surprise visit to Trump on 4/1, which Musk did not attend but may have helped facilitate. She is only the 2nd EU leader to visit mar-a-lago since the elections and the 3rd to meet Trump 1-on-1 /4

The EU’s flagship low-earth IRIS2 constellation - a potential major competitor to Starlink – won’t be up and running until the 2030s. Still, Italy is a major partner in the project (via Leonardo/Telespazio) and heavily invested in its ultimate success /3

Starlink’s (low earth) capabilities would presumably complement (not substitute) the existing SICRAL (geostationary) system run by Telespazio/Thales – to provide back-up, encryption services, and secure comms in certain areas (the Mediterranean), and for a period of 5 years /2

BoI expects economy to grow at “a stronger pace starting in the second half of next year, thanks above all to the favorable trends in consumption and the recovery in exports.” That’s before Trump tariffs and expected stagnation (recession?) in 🇩🇪 through '25. Per: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wouldn’t count on it