France wants the European Commission to use the regulations on social networks "in a much more vigorous way" against the interference of tycoon Elon Musk and if it does not do so, then, in the name of the principle of subsidiarity, it allows the French authorities to do so. do.
"If the European Commission does not know how to protect us against these interferences or those threats of interference, it has to give the Member States, France, the ability to protect itself," stressed the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël BarotBarrot, in an interview with the France Inter radio station.
He recalled that a new European regulation has been in force for a year that allows for strong sanctions or even the suspension of social networks if they are used for political interference.
"Public debate - he indicated - cannot be relocated, nor remain deregulated on large social media platforms owned by American billionaires."
The French minister, who explained that he has asked the Community Executive to use this device "in a much more vigorous way", warned that if it does not do so he will have to allow the States to act on their own, in the name of subidiarity.
Asked if he considers Elon Musk's statements against the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, or against the German Chancellor, Olaf Schoz, interference, Barrot responded that everyone has the right to have their own opinions, but "when you participate in a Government , their opinions have a particular value.
According to his analysis, if the owner of X and one of the people closest to Donald Trump does it to create a communication effect, it is "extremely regrettable." But if it does so by "assuming new alliances with far-right parties like the AfD," then the Republican Party in the United States "will have to assume" those alliances that, in its opinion, contradict its history.
Source: EFE.
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