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EU Faces Backlash Over Hundreds of Millions in Subsidies to Musk-Owned Companies

The European Commission defends funding for Tesla and SpaceX, citing strategic exceptions, as calls grow to halt payments to Musk's firms.

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(Archivbild) Elon Musk soll seine Muskeln spielen lassen haben für einen X-Test.
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Overview

  • Tesla received €159 million in EU funding under the Connecting Europe Facility for electric vehicle charging stations in 2023.
  • SpaceX billed the EU €177 million for two Falcon 9 launches of Galileo satellites, justified as exceptions due to Ariane 6 delays.
  • The EU Commission confirmed it has not procured services from X (formerly Twitter) since October 2023, after paying €630,000 for advertising.
  • MEP Daniel Freund has called Musk an 'enemy of the EU' and demanded an immediate halt to all subsidies to his companies.
  • Transparency concerns persist as the EU Commission's full 2024 payment data will not be released until June 2025.