The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, interviews the leader of the German AfD party, Alice Weidel, on his own social media platform. This is an updated article.
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Elon Musk message in December that “only AfD can save Germany” and he also praised AfD’s political positions. The AfD party is partly classified as far-right in Germany.
Musk’s visible effort to influence the German elections in February has made not only many Germans nervous, but also the EU Commission.
Politicians have emphasized that Musk has the right and freedom of speech to express his opinions. But if he uses the social media he owns, X, i.e. the former Twitter, too biasedly, he may violate EU regulations.
That’s why tonight’s broadcast on X has already attracted a lot of attention in Europe in advance.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on Musk’s election influence last weekend.