Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk proposed renaming the English Channel to the ‘George Washington Canal’ after America’s first president. After suggesting changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America,

The Commission said President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

How to deal with Donald Trump's disruptive return to the White House and the tempestuous forays of his billionaire ally Elon Musk into European affairs?

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP, File) BRUSSELS (AFP) — The EU on Friday ...

It seems renaming places really is all the range in 2025, as Elon Musk has now suggested a new moniker for the English Channel. Days after President Donald Trump officially rebaptised the Gulf of Mexico with a new title, the tech guru shared his idea for doing the same on our side of the pond.

Thousands protested against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which the Tesla CEO addressed on Saturday.

Viewing Elon Musk’s recent forays into (electoral) politics in Europe primarily as a geopolitical wake-up call to European leaders, our analysis focuses on the promise and relative weaknesses of law and policy solutions as well as institutional arrangements the EU has put in place to protect European democracies from foreign interference.

On Saturday, the billionaire with Trump’s ear spoke virtually at a rally for Germany’s far-right party, which has repeatedly downplayed the Holocaust.

The filings come after the EU slapped tariffs as high as 45% on Chinese EVs after it ruled that China is unfairly subsidizing the industry and saturating the bloc with cheaper cars. Tesla's Chinese-manufactured EVs were hit with a 7.8% tariff while BMW's cars from the country received a 20.7% markup.