How did a former banker in a same-sex relationship with a Sri-Lankan born woman become the figurehead of Germany's surging far right?

The European Union (EU) is probing social media heavyweights including Meta and X as part of a stress test on disinformation

The EU plans on holding a "stress test" for these tech companies to see if they are compliant with the EU Digital Services Act.

The European Commission on Friday announced it would add new steps to an investigation that kicked off in December 2023. That probe turned politically contentious as Musk, who will take key role in the incoming Trump administration, sided with European far-right parties, such as the German Alternative for Germany ahead of an election on Feb. 23.

All that trouble will only get Musk one thing for sure: his company placed under the microscope. Assuming X complies with the EU’s request, it’ll get to pop the panel off Musk’s personal racism machine and see just how the gears turn—including just how much he’s boosting his own posts in an attempt to control the narrative on the platform.

The letter, signed by ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain, calls on the Commission to fulfill its promises to establish a special EU body to counter foreign information manipulation and interference.

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has celebrated the Bundestag vote in favour of more rejections at Germany's borders as a "great day for democracy." It was clear "sensible proposals can be adopted,

The European Commission stated on Friday that it will add extra stages to a probe that began in December 2023. That investigation became politically charged as Musk, who will play a crucial role in the new Trump administration,

The European Commission has intensified its scrutiny of tech giants, with Elon Musk’s social media platform X facing fresh demands to disclose internal documents.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

By Ben Aris in Berlin Could Gazprom’s Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines, partially destroyed by saboteurs in September 2022, eventually be restarted? The idea of reconnecting Europe to the giant Russian Yamal gas fields has been introduced as a possible bargaining chip in the widely expected ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.