Overview
- After a two‑year probe, the European Commission fined X €120 million for breaching Digital Services Act transparency rules.
- Elon Musk responded by posting that the European Union should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries.
- A Commission spokesperson said EU decisions are made by the Union for the Union, stressing regulatory autonomy and that allies are stronger together.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called the United States the bloc’s biggest ally while conceding that some American criticisms are valid.
- Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto urged Europe to accelerate military investment in light of the U.S. posture, as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán praised Musk and accused Brussels of using fines to stifle debate.