Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives are grappling with how, or even whether, to contain him. Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump (not in picture) speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at a hotel in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, 2024. He met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a leading figure on the radical right when the latter visited Trump in Florida last month. Musk is also an enthusiastic supporter of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's most right-wing leader since 1945, who calls him a "genius." A former European Commissioner, Vera Jourova, went so far as to describe Musk as a "promoter of evil" in an interview with Politico last October.

Source: The Times January 04, 2025 16:09 UTC