Elon Musk says he fully agrees with Viktor Orbán

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Ting/IANS)

Viktor Orbán expressed his views on the new European Parliament law on X. And Elon Musk expressed his agreement in a comment.

New law

The European Union could soon pass a law that will promote media pluralism and press freedom in Member States in an unprecedented way. On Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority the European Media Freedom Act, which was then presented by Vera Jourová, the EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency, index.hu reports.

The Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán is concerned about the bill. The Hungarian prime minister expressed his views on the social media platform X, which used to be Twitter.

PM Viktor Orbán and Elon Musk react

“Another anti-freedom proposal from Brussels: establishing total control over the media. We Central Europeans have seen such things in the past. They called it the Kominform and the Reichspressekammer. Never again!” writes PM Orbán.

The Hungarian prime minister was referring to the institutions of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The post won Elon Musk’s approval. The billionaire replied in a comment: “Abolutely.”

Vera Jourová first reacted with a laughing emoji and then added “More seriously, Mr Musk, which part of the law are you concerned about? My DMs are open for you.”

Musk is improving his relationship with the Hungarian government. President Katalin Novák had a long conversation with the billionaire during her visit to the US last week.

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