BERLIN December 30 (DPA/EP) –
The German Government on Monday accused tycoon Elon Musk, owner of the social network
“What Elon Musk is trying to do through his comments is influence the electoral campaign,” said the deputy government spokesperson, Christiane Hoffmann, adding that although he is free to express his opinions, the elections are a matter for the Germans. .
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, already stated last Friday that freedom of expression is “valid” for “billionaires”, although he assured that “things can be said that are not correct and that do not contain good political advice.”
This comes after the tycoon stated on the social network absolutely right.”
Furthermore, the weekly ‘Welt’ published a guest article over the weekend in which the magnate reaffirmed his position on the AfD. The newspaper’s opinion chief, Eva Marie Kogel, submitted her resignation in protest.
The president of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Fredrich Merz, also criticized Musk for expressing his preferences for the German elections on social networks. “I do not remember a comparable case of interference in the electoral campaign of a friendly country in the history of Western democracies,” he said.
Germany will hold parliamentary elections on February 23 and the AfD appears in most polls in second position, only behind the conservative bloc led by the CDU U). However, the cordon sanitaire imposed by all parties on the far right makes it difficult for the AfD to end up governing, as was demonstrated in the regional elections in Saxony and Thuringia.