Results for Thierry Breton

  1. British Regulator Investigating GB News Because...It Interviewed President Trump https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/02/british-regulator…ating-gb-news-becauseit-interviewed-president-trump-n3815539
    Thierry Breton, who was the unelected bureaucrat in charge of the EU's censorship regime, sent a letter to Elon Musk threatening to … All those liberals who worried about foreign interference with our elections seemed fine with that, until Musk gave Breton the finger…
  2. Layers and Layers of Fact Checkers... https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/28/layers-and-layers-of-fact-checkers-n3814369
     Perhaps, you may think, the US shouldn't meddle in our "allies'" politics, to which is say: Thierry Breton and the Digital Services…
  3. House Report on EU Censorship Has Some Fascist Feathers Flying https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/02/05/house-repo…t-on-eu-censorship-has-some-fascist-feathers-flying-n3811597
    Wire-haired anti-freedom Euro fascist Thierry Breton threatened to sanction X and possibly imprison Musk if he held a scheduled live … online event with an EU-unapproved US presidential candidate...gasp...Donald Trump....The statement followed EU Commissioner Thierry …  “With great audience comes greater responsibility,” Breton wrote on X, arguing that “there is a risk of amplification of potentially…
  4. House Judiciary Committee Outlines 10-Year EU Campaign to Silence Americans https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/04/house-judiciary-co…e-outlines-10-year-eu-campaign-to-silence-americans-n3811503
    During the US presidential campaign, Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner at the time, threatened to fine ALL of Elon Musk's companies … retaliation for hosting a live interview with President Trump in the United States in August 2024.Read our letter to Commissioner Breton…
  5. European Parliament Member to United States: 'We Are the Free World Now" https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/26/european-parliament-member-to-united-states-we-are-the-free-world-now-n3810235
    Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025WE’VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. … condemn the United States decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals including former European Commissioner Thierry…
  6. Sacre Bleu! Macron Steams After US Bars Censorship-Happy EU Officials https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/24/sacre-bleu-macron-steams-after-us-bars-censorship-happy-eu-officials-n3810202
    Breton, former European Union commissioner responsible for digital policy.Much of the dispute revolves around the EU’s Digital Services … of harmful content” ahead of a livestreamed interview with President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign.We've written about Breton … over Trump's supposed insult to "sovereignty":France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry…
  7. Rubio and State Department Putting Europe on Notice About Free Speech https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/24/rubio-and-state-department-putting-europe-on-notice-about-free-speech-n3810201
    The fine for violating the EU's Digital Services Act is 6% of worldwide revenues, and Breton made clear than in Musk's case that would … toolbox, including by adopting interim measures, should it be warranted to protect EU citizens from serious harm.Yours sincerely,Thierry…
  8. Hillary Calls for Jailing People Who Disagree With Her https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/09/17/hillary-calls-for-jailing-people-who-disagree-with-her-n3794613
    Commissioner Thierry Breton abruptly resigned as the speech czar in Europe.…
  9. Is Kamala Harris Bent on Killing Free Speech? Signs Say 'Yes' https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/10/23/is-kamala-harris-bent-on-killing-twitter-signs-say-yes-n3796140
     You will recall that Thierry Breton of the EU threatened Elon Musk's Twitter/X with massive fines for allowing Donald Trump to…
  10. The Most Important Thing That the Zelenskyy Meeting Showed to Me https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/01/the-most-important-thing-that-the-zelenskyy-meeting-showed-to-me-n3800320
    But as Thierry Breton, the infamous censor, pointed out about the German elections, the EU elite can cancel national elections if they …  NEW - Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton fantasizes about a possible annulment of the upcoming elections in Germany: "We did…
  11. About Time: Jim Jordan Goes to War With Europe Over Free Speech https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/28/about-time-jim-jordan-goes-to-war-with-europe-over-free-speech-n3800286
    violated the country’s laws against hate… pic.twitter.com/GaRWJ5EavP— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 29, 2024Remember when Thierry … Breton threatened Elon Musk for holding a stream with Donald Trump during the election?…
  12. Scott Jennings Confuses Liberals By Explaining How the Executive Branch Works https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/27/scott-jennings-con…berals-by-explaining-how-the-executive-branch-works-n3800246
    People like Ursula Von Der Leyen and, until recently, Thierry Breton have all the power and are responsible to nobody.…
  13. Sunday Smiles https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/09/sunday-smiles-n3800587
    Whether they can do that in large countries--Thierry Breton said they could do it in Germany if AfD won--is untested.…
  14. Another Win for EU 'Democracy:' Leading Presidential Candidate Kicked Off Romanian Ballot https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/10/another-win-for-eu…ng-presidential-candidate-kicked-of-romanian-ballot-n3800593
     NEW - Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton fantasizes about a possible annulment of the upcoming elections in Germany: "We did…
  15. Threat to German Democracy Alert: 'Won't Anyone Rid Us of This Troublesome Musk?' https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/30/threat-to…y-alert-wont-anyone-rid-us-of-this-troublesome-musk-n3798339
    Breton stepped in to threaten Musk over a Spaces event he'd announced with, of all people, Donald Trump. …  You see, Breton felt the tender and impressionable eyes and ears of EU subjects should be 'protected' from exposure to the man … Who basically told him to blow it out his...tiny Thierry.😂 pic.twitter.com/eVMOZDF2y5— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) August…
  16. German President Fires the Starting Pistol: Dissolves Bundestag, Snap Elections Set for February https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/27/german-pre…dissolves-bundestag-snap-elections-set-for-february-n3798266
    Breton are trying to go after Musk for anti-trust violations because of real violations? … influencer Naomi Seibt on X and captioned it with: “Only AfD can save Germany.”His endorsement drew immediate backlash, with Thierry … Breton, former EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, accusing Musk of foreign interference.Besides having to fight off a populist…
  17. Dear Germany: Using a Limp, Rag Doll, Please Point to Where the Mean Vance Man Hurt You https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/02/17/dear-germa…l-please-point-to-where-the-mean-vance-man-hurt-you-n3799893
    He also chastised one of the most vehemently anti-free speech figures in Europe, Thierry Breton, who led the EU efforts to control…
  18. Europeans Defend Democracy By Plotting to Strip Hungary of Voting Rights and Canceling Romanian Elections https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/05/europeans-defend-d…y-of-voting-rights-and-canceling-romanian-elections-n3800445
    Breton mused that the EU could use the same tools to cancel Germany's if it looked like the AfD might win a majority in the German …  The man who long served as the EU’s man censor, Thierry Breton, calls for X to be banned in Europe if Elon Musk doesn’t start …  🚨 🇪🇺 THE EU’S WAR ON DEMOCRACY: BRETON THREATENS GERMANY 🚨Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent shockwaves across…
  19. EU going after Elon for "misinformation" on X https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/10/11/eu-going-after-elon-for-misinformation-on-x-n584148
    Thierry Breton says, “We HAVE INDICATIONS… Following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against 🇮🇱, we have indications of X/Twitter … Urgent letter to @elonmusk on #DSA obligations ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/avMm1LHq54 — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 10, 2023 … Europeans, Breton said, are simple, regulated-to-death sheep.…
  20. There's Another Reason All Bond Villains Are Europeans https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/10/18/theres-another-reason-all-bond-villains-are-europeans-n585803
    Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 18, 2023 And perhaps the fellow’s name in Shellenberger’s retweet rings a bell – Thierry … Breton – and it should.…
  21. Time to Leave NATO? https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/13/time-to-leave-nato-n3793092
     UPDATE: Breton took it on the chin for this, and his bosses were displeased, probably for the reasons outlined above:Brussels … slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk. … US presidential candidate Donald Trump, also on X.On Tuesday the European Commission denied that Breton had approval from its president…
  22. Thierry Breton's Threat to Elon Musk Seems to Have Backfired https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/13/thierry-bretons-threat-to-elon-musk-seems-to-have-backfired-n3793119
    Earlier today, David wrote about the letter which EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent to Elon Musk in advance of Musk's interview with … , including this one.What Breton is doing is flagrantly illegal. … For his part, Breton did get the message but is choosing not to respond.An EU official said that Breton had “taken note” of Musk’s…
  23. Elon to Trump: The Media's Covering Up Kamala's Track Record https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/08/13/elon-to-trump-media-covers-up-kamala-track-record-n3793075
    running afoul of its regulations on speech by letting Trump speak unedited:European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Thierry … content is accessible to EU users and being amplified also in our jurisdiction, we cannot exclude potential spillovers in the EU," Breton … Breton reminded Musk of X's due diligence obligations under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires platforms like X to…
  24. E.U. Threatens Twitter/X With Sanctions for Platforming Trump https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/13/eu-threatens-twitter-with-sanctions-for-platforming-trump-n3793072
    No doubt the Harris/Walz dingbat duo were thrilled to see that European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Thierry Breton …  Thierry Breton, though, is the better metaphor for what is happening across the West. … Breton wrote of the Musk-Trump interview.…
  25. Donald Trump's Twitter account receives a very unexpected defender https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/01/11/donald-trumps-twitter-account-receives-unexpected-defender-n378966
    Health Secretary Matt Hancock and EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton weighed in with very similar comments. … Breton called the decision “perplexing.”…