I would prefer to stay out of politics,” Elon Musk told his followers in 2021, on the platform then known as Twitter. Plenty has changed since then. The world’s richest man appears to have a new goal: upending Europe.

The automaker saw sales of its EVs drop 13% in the European Union in 2024, and is facing growing pressure as rivals launch a wave of cheaper EVs.

Elon Musk has been railing against the European Union and its leaders, and his latest outburst is a sign he is 'out for payback', claims conservative academic

The Commission said President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws.

EXCLUSIVE: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has made little secret of his distaste for Europe's leaders - and there's no sign of him toning it down.

The European Union is considering expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached its content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing the bloc's tech policy chief.

Elon Musk is being investigated in Europe amid concerns the billionaire's influence, for instance through his posts on X, constitutes an "interference" in upcoming elections. Newsweek has contacted Musk via the press office of X, the social media platform he owns, formerly known as Twitter, for comment via email.

“We are currently assessing if the scope is large enough,” the European Commission's Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen told Bloomberg TV when asked about the ongoing probe X is facing under the EU's Digital Services Act, or DSA.

He played a crucial role in Donald Trump's election victory; he has launched scathing attacks on the UK's Keir Starmer; and now, Elon Musk is meddling in our politics ... This is a party that wants to take Germany out of the EU – a crazy idea for an ...

The European Commission has intensified its investigation into Elon Musk's social media network, X, concerning potential breaches of EU content moderation rules. The Commission has requested internal documentation and information on recommender systems from X amid accusations of political interference by Musk.

The European Commission is organizing a stress test for large social media platforms ahead of the upcoming German parliamentary elections, a commission spokesman said on Friday. Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn,