Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou met the billionaire in 2023 and has taken his line on some big political issues, from Ukraine to digital rules.

Now Musk's escalating criticism and mocking of European leaders and governments, which he has done repeatedly via X, the social media platform he owns, has sparked a backlash from European governments amid increasing calls for regulatory action in Europe against X.

Like any good entrepreneur who found early success in one market, Elon Musk is now starting to expand to others. Yesterday, Musk—the entrepreneur turned Donald Trump megadonor—hosted a livestream on X with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany’s far-right political party, Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD.

Elon Musk praised the co-leader of the German party Alternative ... He went on to claim the president-elect will solve Russia’s war in Ukraine “very quickly,” prompting Weidel to say she wishes the incoming Trump administration will “end that ...

Mr Macron said the meeting was a great opportunity to discuss EU-UK relations and ‘the main crisis’ in Ukraine.

Ukraine's military was eventually able to halt ... Sign up here. U.S. billionaire Elon Musk called the chancellor of Germany "Oaf Schitz" on his social media platform X on Tuesday, responding ...

His disruptive playbook is being replicated and exported worldwide, inspiring fellow tech moguls and autocrats to follow suit.

The wife of retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said “no pardons were offered or discussed” only a few hours before President Trump’s official return to the White House.

Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right ... inviting Musk to explain his vision for peace in Ukraine, the colonisation of Mars and the concept of God. On the latter two points ...

PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.

Well, that didn’t take long. After weeks of Democrats and their media allies crying about “President Elon Musk” having too much influence over American politics, California Dem […]

Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative ... It wants to dissolve the EU and replace it with a looser trade bloc, and to stop arming Ukraine.It is also focused on ending Germany's policy of atonement for World War Two crimes.