Berlin Accuses Elon Musk of Trying to Influence German Election

Dec 30, 2024 | The German government has accused Elon Musk of trying to meddle in the country’s election campaign with repeated endorsements of the far-right party AfD. The South African-born entrepreneur, who has been named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the US federal government, wrote on X earlier this month: 'Only the AfD can save Germany.' Germany is to vote in an early election on 23 February after the chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalise the country’s stagnant economy.

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Allemagne : le gouvernement reproche à Elon Musk d'essayer «d'influencer» les prochaines élections : L’édition dominicale du journal conservateur libéral DieWelt a publié une tribune croisée dans laquelle le patron de X, SpaceX et Tesla assure que le parti d’extrême droite AfD est «la dernière lueur d’espoir» pour l’Allemagne. »