Musk Berated by German Leaders Over Backing for Far-Right Party
- Chancellor Scholz and his deputy warn on election interference
- Conservatives lead in polls ahead of February’s snap ballot
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his deputy, Robert Habeck, used their New Year addresses to castigate Elon Musk over his backing for a far-right party in February’s snap election.
Musk, a key adviser and major donor to US President-elect Donald Trump, has repeatedly praised the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany in recent weeks on his social media platform X. He expanded on his support for the party, known by its German acronym AfD, in an opinion piece published over the weekend by Welt am Sonntag newspaper.