Gruber never pretends to be objective - he likes what he likes, and he dislikes what he dislikes. Notably, he has a pretty strong "pro-business" streak in him that objects to anything resembeling workers rights or unions, and government regulation/interference in businesses.

The EU tends to do a lot of that, so overall he's very critical of it. And at the moment there's a lot of governments telling Apple what to do, so it's the perfect storm of getting his knickers in a twist constantly.