Tycoon Elon Musk called on Saturday for the “abolition” of the European Union after denouncing that its bureaucratic system was “slowly choking Europe to death” in comments made the day before after the European Commission announced a fine of … 120 million euros to its social network X for the “misleading design” of its blue account verification brand.
In a long series of individual messages published in recent hours, Musk considered the fine an attack by Brussels on freedom of expression and a bad example of supranational sovereignty against the interests of its member states.
“The best way to find out who the evils are is to see who wants to restrict free speech,” Musk lamented after the fine on his platform. This blue mark, remember, is perceived as a seal of authenticity by users despite the fact that its access is discretionary, which violates the obligations of the European Digital Services Act (DSA).
The sanction announced by Brussels also responds to other irregularities sanctioned by the DSA such as lack of transparency in your ad repository and failure to comply with their obligation to provide access to data to researchers.
A European Commission that “worships the god of bureaucracy and suffocates the people of Europe”, according to Musk in his series of brief messages. “The European Union bureaucracy, he insisted, is slowly suffocating Europe.
For this reason, he reaffirmed, “the EU must be abolished and sovereignty must be returned to the different countries, so that governments can better represent their people”, in a message that he ended up posting in the header of his account and, therefore, it will be the first that his almost 230 million followers will read.
This series of messages was well received by Eurosceptics such as the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, who took the opportunity to denounce the European Commission’s fine as an attack on freedom of expression.
“The commission’s attack on X says it all. When the Brussels lords fail to win the debate, they resort to fines. Europe needs freedom of expression, not bureaucrats who have not been elected by anyone and who decide what we can read or say,” he said in a message published in “I take my hat off to Elon Musk for defending the front,” he concluded.
France and Poland defend the EU
On the other hand, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, came forward, also on the X platform, to defend the European Commission’s fine and insisted on the fact that the transparency of social networks is a priority principle. “The reactionary international community You can scream until you are hoarse, but we will not be intimidated. Transparency is mandatory for major platforms,” Barrot said.
The reactionary international may shout, but we will not allow ourselves to be intimidated. For us, transparency is required of the big platforms. The rule is the same for everyone. Tik Tok accepted it, X refused it. The European Commission took action, it did well. And this…
— Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) December 6, 2025
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs warned that “the rule is the same for everyone” and that at the time it had been accepted by the TikTok platform while “X had rejected it” and therefore, “the European Commission took measures, and rightly so”. “And this is only the beginning” The Minister of Foreign Affairs decided in his message.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski asked tycoon Elon Musk to “go to Mars” after pleading on Saturday for the “abolition” of the European Union (EU) following the fine of 120 million euros imposed by the European Commission on his social network X for the “misleading design” of its blue account verification mark.
“Go to Mars. “There is no censorship or Nazi salutes there.”said Sikorski for his own account on
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