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Poland’s foreign minister on Saturday sharply criticized Elon Musk after the X platform owner called for the European Union to be disbanded , a message that quickly drew praise from Russian Security Council Vice Chair Dmitry Medvedev, who posted simply: “Exactly.”
Radoslaw Sikorski denounced the exchange as “reckless and dangerous,” warning that narratives undermining the E.U. serve interests hostile to Europe.
“As if anyone still had any doubts about who benefits from all this anti-EU talk about sovereignty,” Sikorski wrote on X. “Those who want to profit from spreading hatred and those who want to conquer Europe.”
The foreign minister’s remarks came just after the European Commission announced a €120 million ($140 million) fine against Musk for violations of the bloc’s Digital Services Act — the first such penalty issued under the E.U.’s updated platform regulations.
The Commission cited multiple violations, including the deceptive design of X’s “blue checkmark” for supposedly verified accounts, lack of transparency in its advertising repository, and failure to provide access to public data for researchers.
X was found guilty of breaching the DSA’s transparency obligations — with the fine marking the bloc’s first enforcement action under the new digital law.
Musk, who owns the social media platform X, responded defiantly Saturday by telling his 230 million followers that the European Union should be “abolished.”
“The E.U. should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” Musk wrote on X, shortly after the fine was announced.
When a user reposted the comment, Musk replied, “I mean it. Not kidding.”
“I love Europe, but not the bureaucratic monster that is the E.U.,” he added in a separate post.
Sikorski’s comments underscored growing concern in Warsaw that foreign powers, including Russia, are exploiting anti-E.U. sentiment to weaken European cohesion.
His remarks echoed a broader message delivered earlier in the day by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who stressed the importance of transatlantic unity amid rising geopolitical tensions. Tusk urged Europe and the United States to reinforce their partnership, arguing that democratic alliances must remain firm in the face of efforts to divide them.
Against that backdrop, Sikorski framed the Musk-Medvedev exchange as a vivid example of how inflammatory rhetoric — intentionally or not — can align with the goals of those seeking to destabilize Europe.
The fine against Musk’s X platform followed a high-profile probe seen as a key test of the E.U.’s ability to regulate Big Tech.
The penalty was also criticized by the U.S. administration of Donald Trump, who previously aligned with Musk on efforts to slash the federal workforce and cut spending before the two had a falling out.
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