Emmanuel Macron flays US travel ban on EU officials in the forefront of X action - CNBC TV18

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Breton is one of the key figures who designed EU's Digital Services Act under which the bloc sanctioned social media platform X platform to ensure safe internet experience for all.
57% : " Breton is one of the key figures who designed EU's Digital Services Act under which the bloc sanctioned social media platform X platform to ensure safe internet experience for all.
57% : The EU said it is engaged with US authorities for clarifications in the matter, emphasising that its relationship with the US is based on freedom of speech as a shared core value.
50% : "If needed, we will respond swiftly and decisively to defend our regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures," the EU said in a statement issued on December 24, adding that their digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies without discrimination.
38% : French President Emmanuel Macron said the travel ban on former European commissioner Thierry Breton and four other officials amounts to intimidation and coercion that undermines European digital sovereignty.
37% : French President Emmanuel Macron said the travel ban amounts to intimidation and coercion that undermines European digital sovereignty.
28% : The European Union and France have strongly condemned the travel ban the US has imposed on former European commissioner Thierry Breton and four other officials on grounds of censoring US social media platforms.
28% : "The rules governing the European Union's digital space are not meant to be determined outside Europe," he wrote on X. Macron added that the democratically adopted regulations ensure fair competition as well as to ensure "what is illegal offline is also illegal online.
21% : US Secretary of State the State Marco Rubio, while announcing the travel ban on Tuesday, December 23, said Breton's entry bears "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences" for the US.

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