Elon Musk has delivered a stark and uncompromising message to the people of Europe in recent posts on X, urging them to reclaim their future by dismantling the European Union. He declared, “The people of Europe should withdraw from the EU to regain their sovereignty,” and went further by stating, “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people.” Musk’s criticism centers on the EU’s unelected bureaucracy, which he accuses of oppressing citizens and prioritizing regulation over democratic accountability, warning that “the tyrannical, unelected bureaucracy oppressing the people of Europe” is leading the continent astray.

At the heart of Musk’s alarm is his view that “Europe is sleep-walking into oblivion” and desperately “needs to wake from its stupor and live again.” He portrays the EU as a stifling force, with “the EU bureaucracy slowly smothering Europe to death” and the Commission worshiping “the god of bureaucracy, smothering the people of Europe.” Echoing calls to “time to abolish the EU,” Musk contrasts his affection for the continent—“I love Europe, but not the bureaucratic monster that is the EU”—with his rejection of its centralized power structure, which he sees as eroding national identities and freedoms.

Underlying these warnings is Musk’s insistence that “without freedom of speech, the West will fall,” tying the EU’s regulatory overreach—such as fines on platforms like X—to broader threats to Western civilization. His blunt advocacy for dissolution reflects a belief that only by restoring sovereignty to individual nations can Europe escape bureaucratic suffocation and revive its vitality, sparking intense debate across the continent.