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
Berlin accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence German election
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/dec/30/berlin-accuses-elon-musk-of-trying-to-influence-german-election-video
Author : Guardian Staff
Publish date : 2024-12-30 16:26:28
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