@tfb I'm not sure I need to attribute his actions to him running the errands of the government. Regardless of reasons, it's clear that he's set out on a crusade against big bad EU. This is exactly in line with the unusually frank statements from Apple.
I think he's supporting Facebook here based on the My enemy's enemy is my friend idea.
He really needs to emphasise how the EU is being bad, to the point of completely ignoring facts that he is clearly aware of (because it was pointed out by that fantastic article by @ianbetteridge ) just because it helps the fiction that the EU is doing this to support European businesses.