The American billionaire Elon Musk is “trying to influence the German legislative elections” scheduled for the end of February with his manifest support for the far-right party AfDthe German government stated this Monday.
“Elon Musk is dealing with influence in the elections federal with their statements”, stated Christiane Hoffmanndeputy government spokesperson.
In an opinion article published on Saturday by the newspaper Weltthe owner of SpaceX and Tesla estimated that “Alternative to Germany (AfD) It’s the last ray of hope.” to Germanywhich according to him is “on the brink of economic and cultural collapse.”
Previously, on December 20, the richest man in the world wrote on the social network a Germany”.
According to surveys, the AfD has 19% average voting intentions for the elections early February, behind the conservatives, with 32%.
The tycoon who has become a close collaborator of the president-elect of USA, Donald Trumpcalled the head of the German government, Olaf Scholz, “imbecile and incompetent” following this month’s attack on a Christmas market.
The president of the Social Democratic Party, Lars Klingbeilcompared the behavior of Musk with that of the Russian president Vladimir Putin. “They both want Germany “weakens and sinks into chaos.”he opined.
Well placed to become the next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz He also criticized the column Musk.
“I do not remember a comparable case of interference in the electoral campaign of a friendly country in the history of the western democracies“said the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to journalists.