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0 pointsscrlk1y ago0 comments

That warning was not an official EU position:

> "Thierry Breton, the French commissioner, had posted the warning letter on X, the platform owned by Musk, hours before the billionaire interviewed US presidential candidate Donald Trump, also on X."

> "On Tuesday the European Commission denied Breton had approval from its president Ursula von der Leyen to send the letter."

https://www.ft.com/content/09cf4713-7199-4e47-a373-ed5de61c2...

https://archive.ph/zugnf

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Hizonner1y ago

Ursula von der Leyen is not the Queen of the EU, no matter how much she'd like to be. Other people have the authority to speak and act officially without checking with her. That doesn't make their statements any less official, nor would her endorsement make them any more official.

scrlkOP1y ago

"Official" in the sense that the statement carries the complete backing of the institution and is a public declaration of its position.

The fact that it was wound back by the head of the EU's executive branch - Breton's boss - demoted the statement to "the opinion of the commissioner".

Ray201y ago

>The fact that it was wound back by the head of the EU's executive branch - Breton's boss - demoted the statement to "the opinion of the commissioner".

I don't remember anything about "the opinion of the commissioner" in the letter, but there was huge "eu commission" sign right on the top. So the letter went as complitly "official" position of commission.

codedokode1y ago

Note that the article says:

> Breton is empowered to oversee enforcement of the DSA and can communicate independently with companies.

So maybe he didn't need to get permission from anyone to send the letter.

scrlkOP1y ago

The contents of the letter are within his brief, but the timing of it was done in such a way as to impact the EU's foreign policy, which lies outside of his remit.

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0 pointsscrlk1y ago0 comments

That warning was not an official EU position:

> "On Tuesday the European Commission denied Breton had approval from its president Ursula von der Leyen to send the letter."

https://www.ft.com/content/09cf4713-7199-4e47-a373-ed5de61c2...

https://archive.ph/zugnf

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Hizonner1y ago

scrlkOP1y ago

"Official" in the sense that the statement carries the complete backing of the institution and is a public declaration of its position.

The fact that it was wound back by the head of the EU's executive branch - Breton's boss - demoted the statement to "the opinion of the commissioner".

Ray201y ago

>The fact that it was wound back by the head of the EU's executive branch - Breton's boss - demoted the statement to "the opinion of the commissioner".

codedokode1y ago

Note that the article says:

> Breton is empowered to oversee enforcement of the DSA and can communicate independently with companies.

So maybe he didn't need to get permission from anyone to send the letter.

scrlkOP1y ago

The contents of the letter are within his brief, but the timing of it was done in such a way as to impact the EU's foreign policy, which lies outside of his remit.

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