Scholz condemns Musk's support for far-right AfD

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) enactment up of the country's upcoming elections.

Musk has repeatedly backed AfD connected societal media level X, which helium owns. Two weeks ago, the US billionaire claimed "only the AfD tin prevention Germany." Musk besides endorsed the enactment successful an op-ed helium wrote for the German paper Welt americium Sonntag astatine the extremity of December.

German authorities officials past week accused Musk of predetermination interference, arsenic his comments travel weeks earlier Germany is acceptable to clasp its elections connected 23 February.

Scholz has antecedently ignored Musk's idiosyncratic attacks, specified arsenic erstwhile helium called the chancellor an "incompetent fool" and urged him to "resign immediately" pursuing the Magdeburg onslaught connected 20 December, but expressed interest arsenic the tech mogul has seemingly tried to get progressive successful the wide election.

"The important happening is that Mr. Musk has supported a partially right-wing extremist enactment and, arsenic you tin see, is not lone acting successful that absorption successful this country. And that is thing we not lone disagree with, I wholly cull that," Sholz said astatine a property league connected Sunday.

The German chancellor added that it was not the archetypal clip the SDP, his ain party, had to support themselves against "rich entrepreneurs". What is new, however, is Musk's usage of media and algorithms to signifier fashionable opinions.

"What is surely caller is the information that it is simply a planetary media entrepreneur. What is surely caller is the information that with algorithms, it is not definite however sentiment is formed, which is organised by the structures of these systems."

Scholz besides rejected reports claiming helium was readying a gathering with Russian President Putin.

"That is simply a mendacious claim. You can't bash that. It is profoundly indecent. There is nary grounds for this. No 1 tin study thing that nary 1 has adjacent thought about. And therefore, I deliberation adjacent upright radical should beryllium outraged erstwhile mendacious allegations are made."