Asked about his plans for their future relationship, he said: “I don’t plan anything, if something comes, it will come naturally … I don’t demand anything, let the collaboration happen naturally.”
In recent weeks, Musk has made dramatic interventions with a far-right, anti-migration agenda in both German and British politics, most controversially by openly backing the populist Alternative for Germany party ahead of a Feb. 23 election.
Trump dismissed concerns about Musk’s repeated attacks on European governments, but Brussels is firing warning shots over what it sees as an attempt by Trump’s new co-director of the Department of Government Efficiency to interfere in European democracies.
A dig at the DSA
Inside the Parliament, Panayiotou has defended Musk’s agenda, especially when the tech tycoon runs headlong into the Digital Services Act, the EU rulebook that pushes large companies to curtail illegal content.
How platforms, specifically X, tackle misinformation ― including posts by Musk ― has become a key battleground for DSA enforcement, and the billionaire has accused the Commission of practicing censorship through the regulation.
Panayiotou recently repeated Musk’s arguments in a clip he entitled “free speech is under attack,” which Musk then reposted, hailing Fidias as “awesome” and saying the remarks came “from a member of the EU parliament!”
