The head of Tesla, Twitter and SpeceX is apparently extremely concerned about the future of Europe, or at least beautiful Italy. The Italian billionaire met on Thursday with Giorgia Meloni, who was elected the first prime minister in Italian history last year. Interestingly, the 1.5-hour conversation focused primarily on topics that until now did not seem to be Elon Musk’s area of interest.
The billionaire talks about children. He appealed for relief for parents
The eccentric entrepreneur-like-talked to Meloni about Italy’s low birth rate, which is considered one of Italy’s biggest problems today. Musk was to appeal to the head of the government, among others for the introduction of tax breaks for parents to encourage having children. The second topic of conversation was the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence. Before the talk with Meloni, Musk met with Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. The gentlemen discussed the automotive and aviation markets, but the details of the conversation were not disclosed.
Elon Musk also gave an interview on Thursday evening in the main edition of the Italian news site Tg1, in which he addressed the Italians with a short appeal: “Have children.” The owner of Twitter admitted that he is concerned about the future of Italy due to the huge drop in the birth rate. He stated that currently in Italy twice as many people are born than die. in April this year Reuters, the number of births in 2022 fell below the historical level of 400,000. Italy recorded more than 12 deaths for every seven births during that time, and the country’s population fell by 179,000. – up to 58.85 million people. This is the worst result since the unification of Italy in 1861.
Solving the problem of the falling birth rate is one of Giorgia Meloni’s election promises. This issue was addressed in May by Pope Francis, who said that starting a family in Italy becomes a “titanical effort” that the richest can afford. The head of the Catholic Church believes that the falling birth rate signals a lack of hope for the future, and that young generations live in uncertainty. He added that, among other For this reason, some people replace the need to have children with the presence of pets. As written in the report of the Italian institute ISTAT, the main reason for the decline in births in Italy is the aging of the population of women of reproductive age. The fertility rate is currently 1.24 children per woman. However, the decline in the number of births is partly compensated by strong migration. Last year, the number of immigrants exceeded the number of emigrants by 229,000. people, and over 5 million migrants live in Italy (which is 8.6 percent of the country’s population).
Elon Musk will now go to France. Emmanuel Macron is waiting for a meeting
Thursday’s visit to the Apennine Peninsula was to be the first stop on Elon Musk’s tour of Europe. The South African American multi-billionaire is due to travel to France on Friday, where he will meet with Emmanuel Macron. Details on the topics of the planned talks are not known, but – according to Reuters – the French president intends to advertise his country as a great place for one of the future European Tesla factories. Currently in Europe, one such plant has been operating since March 2022 in Germany, near Berlin.
Source: Gazeta
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