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Elon Musk 'creating a threat to democracies' says French PM

Prime minister François Bayrou said of the tech billionaire: ' Money should not give the right to rule consciences.'

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Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of social media network X and a close ally of US president Donald Trump, poses a threat to democracies, French prime minister François Bayrou said on Monday, reports FRANCE 24.

"Elon Musk is creating a threat to democracies," Bayrou said in a local TV interview. "Money should not give the right to rule consciences."

Bayrou's comments about Musk come after he warned last week that France and Europe as a whole would have to stand up to Trump and his policies, or risk being "dominated ... crushed ... marginalised."

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