Europe Today: Elon Musk calls for the EU to be abolished

Elon Musk thinks the European Union should be ‘abolished’ for issuing his social media platform X with a fine of 140 million dollars. The European Commission says the fine is a response to several violations of its Digital Services Act. It is the first ever fine issued under this landmark legislation that aspires to keep Europeans safe online.

Today on Europe Today, we are joined on set by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader of the Belarusian democratic movement who emerged after challenging Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election.

But meanwhile this Monday in Brussels, EU justice ministers from all across the 27 EU countries,are gathering for talks on the EU migration pact - that was agreed on years ago and still needs to be implemented gradually. Their gathering takes place after reports came from Crete this weekend that 17 people lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean sea. Aida Sanchez reports.

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