Jean-Noël Barrotthe head of French diplomacy, reminded us on Saturday that democracy is “fragile“He hopes that Elon Musk, who has been announced as a member of future US President Donald Trump’s team, won’t put it before special interests. Interviewed on the Parisien on Musk’s future role, Jean-Noël Barrot replied: “Sou wish he wouldn’t inflict on American democracy the treatment he has administered to Twitter. Democracy is a fragile treasure“.

Elon Musk is expected to join Donald Trump’s future administration, but the precise contours of his role have not been revealed. The richest man in the world took part in the telephone conversation on Wednesday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump after the latter’s victory in the US presidential election, according to the Ukrainian presidency.

“We will never accept that public debate be relocated to deregulated social networks in the hands of special interests, whether American or Chinese.“insisted the French Foreign Minister. Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion. The acquisition was barely completed, Tesla boss has fired the management team, taken the company off the stock market and dismissed a huge number of employees.

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“Let’s not suffer the fate of the American Democrats. Let’s go back to the roots of democracy: power and responsibility for citizens.“declared the French minister. Mr. Barrot also predicted that the next American president, contrary to some of his statementswould not give up on Ukraine.

“Donald Trump is too wise to agree to endorse what would be the biggest territorial annexation in 75-year history. Too wise to forget that no just and lasting peace can be concluded behind the backs of the Ukrainians and over the heads of the Europeans.“, he declared. “This would enshrine the law of the strongest, with very serious consequences in Europe and other parts of the world.“.