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The nomination surprised Musk’s critics in Europe. The tech mogul who leads X, Tesla and SpaceX has been in fights with officials and regulators worldwide over his management of X. In past months he clashed with United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer over X’s role in the race riots and the Brazilian Supreme Court over the platform’s failure to remove disinformation.
Members of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee in a secret ballot selected Azerbaijani anti-corruption activist Gubad Ibadoghlu; Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado and exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González; and Israeli and Palestinian peace organizations Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun.
The Parliament’s top decision-making body, the Conference of Presidents, will choose the 2024 laureate among these names on Oct.24, ahead of the award ceremony in the plenary session in Strasbourg in December.
The award goes to individuals or organizations that have significantly contributed to the protection of freedom of expression, democracy or the rights of minorities, and includes a €50,000 prize. Shortlisted candidates traditionally get an invitation to attend the award ceremony at the European Parliament.
