On the set of “Télématin” on France 2, the MEP called this Monday morning to protect ourselves against the threat of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, who threaten our “European democracies”.
«Elon Musk walks all over us, he sees us as doormats.” This Monday, January 13 in the morning, Raphaël Glucksmann launched a heavy charge against the boss of Tesla, Space “When you are faced with people who only respect strength, if you show the slightest weakness, they crush you. And that’s what Elon Musk and Donald Trump are going to do to Europe if we don’t react.”launched the socialist MEP, guest on the set of “Télématin” on France 2.
In recent months, Elon Musk’s proximity to Donald Trump has further increased his influence. Became the confidant and advisor of the new elected president, he plays the role of influencer in international affairs, even disruptor according to his detractors. The megaphone represented by his social network X, where his personal account has 211 million subscribers, gives his daily public positions an immense impact.
“Our democracies will collapse”
Considering that today there is a “reluctance to assume the balance of power” between the United States and Europe, Raphaël Glucksmann invites the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, not to “not have a shaking hand” in the face of American power, before recalling that the world is going through a period “extremely dangerous”. “Vladimir Putin is at war against our democracies, China seeks to crush our production and now we have an American administration that seeks to disrupt our democracies from within”added the MEP.
“Elon Musk says that ‘if we don’t eradicate the progressive virus in Europe, it will come back to the United States.’ For him, we must destabilize European governments, take sides with the extreme right in our countries”continued Raphaël Glucksmann, who believes that it is imperative to act. “We must do something which is absolutely logical and which we never dare to do: enforce our European laws.”
However, if he claims to oppose Elon Musk, Raphaël Glucksmann admits to remaining on the platform owned by the billionaire, X (ex-Twitter). “My instinct is to leave [de X] so as not to feed Elon Musk and his power. But the departure must be massive”he shares. Before specifying that the social media war should not be fought only against X. “What we have to understand is that there is X, there is the ideological agenda of Elon Musk”but he also “TikTok which was used to steal an election in Romania”. “If we do nothing, our democracies will collapse”he concluded.
