Four weeks before the German one Federal election has become a tech billionaire Elon Musk again on a big stage in the German election campaign switched on and for the AfD advertised.
At the official Campaign start The party in Halle (Saale) was the Trump advisor and Tesla boss at the beginning of the speech by party leader Alice Weidel live from the USA switched on. FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl spoke up with support via video message.
“Make Germany great again”
The AfD is the one best hope for Germany, he said. It’s okay to be proud of being German. “Fight for a great future for Germany,” said Musk to the cheers of what the party said were around 4,500 AfD supporters at the trade fair in Halle. The entrepreneur complained that there was “too much focus on past guilt” and that we had to put that behind us. Children should not be guilty for the sins of their great-grandparents, he said, calling for optimism. In his opinion, Weidel would be very good for Germany as chancellor. The AfD has his full support and – he believes – also the support of the Trump administration.
Weidel expressed his thanks with best wishes for the US government under Donald Trump and his motto “Make America great again”. She added later “Make Germany great again” added.
Before Christmas, Musk said, only the AfD could save Germanyand a later live conversation with party leader and candidate for chancellor Weidel brought a lot of unrest into the German election campaign. Critics accuse him of wanting to influence the outcome of the federal election with the help of his enormous reach on his platform X.
Election commercial: Weidel takes the Federal Chancellor’s oath of office
In her speech, Weidel criticized the current migration, economic and energy policies. She said to the Union: “Dear CDU, tear down the undemocratic firewalls. The voters want a blue-black coalition in the Federal Republic of Germany.” “Alice, Alice” and “Alice, Alice” echoed through the hall again and again “Alice for Germany”-Shouts. “Let’s make the AfD strong, and let’s best overtake the CDU,” Weidel shouted at the end of her speech. A was also shown Election commercialin which they The Federal Chancellor takes the oath of office.
Co-party leader: “We will remain difficult to educate”
The AfD presented itself at the election campaign event with speeches, clips and show elements confident. The goal in the upcoming federal election must be to become at least the second strongest force, said Weidel’s co-party leader Tino Chrupalla. He received a lot of cheers for the statement: “Let’s remain difficult to educateand we will certainly remain uncomfortable” – which is probably an allusion to the formulation of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the three state associations of the AfD “certainly right-wing extremist” and the entire party was observed as a suspected case of right-wing extremism.
Video message from FPÖ leader Kickl
Herbert Kickl, the likely next Chancellor of Austria, also spoke via video. “We are rooting for you in this election campaign,” said the FPÖ politician, naming them AfD and FPÖ partners. The AfD is that only partydie listen to the people. He described Weidel as a fighter. “You are vastly superior to all of your opponents in every respect,” said Kickl, according to the dpa.
The event was hosted by Protests accompanied. The police spoke of 8,000 demonstrators on site. Several meetings were registered. There were also clashes on the sidelines. At one point a group of cyclists dressed in black tried to get to the exhibition grounds. After a dpa reporter observed, the police intervened harshly and stopped them from doing so.