Merkel calls Musk s support right parties
Merkel calls Musk s support right parties
Chancellor Olaf Scholz sharply criticized Elon Musk during his election campaign. In an interview with CNN, he said that the US billionaire "intervenes in favor of right-wing extremist politicians across Europe. That is really hideous".
influence on German election
In the run-up to the elections in Germany in February, Musk has Election campaigns on the right -wing extremist Alternative for Germany (AfD). During a one -hour discussion with voters in Berlin, the Chancellor said: "I absolutely do not agree to what Elon Musk does." He pointed out that media owners have intervened in German politics since the 19th century, but the current influence is new.
digestion from historical conscience
It is new that he intervened in favor of right -wing extremist politicians across Europe. This is really repulsive and not good for democratic development in the entire European Union, "he added.At the beginning of January, Musk had a conversation with AfD chairman Alice Weidel on X and regularly expressed his support for the party. On his platform he even called the Chancellor an "incompetent fool".
Musk and the memory of the Holocaust
on Saturday Musk virtual AfD election event in Halle. The Chancellor reacted particularly well to Musk's statement that Germany had to break away from the historical issues of guilt over the Holocaust. In the week in which the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was committed, Musk expressed the crowd that "honestly, there is too much focus on past guilt and we have to go beyond".
The responsibility of Germany
In an emotional moment, the Chancellor told CNN: “That's why I am so angry about Elon Musk, who intervened for the right -wing scene, and about his insufficient use of the murder of so many Jews ... This is the historical responsibility that we will continue to bear in the future.”
According to information from CNN, Musk's lawyers asked for a comment.
The memory of the past
As a nation,Germany has a hard time at the atrocities that were committed by the Nazis in the concentration camps during the Second World War, and organizes commemorative events to remind these crimes.
At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to an enthusiastic amount of immigration, proud of German identity and the upcoming elections. "It is good to be proud of German culture and German values and not to lose this in a kind of multiculturalism that wateres down everything," said Musk in front of the approximately 4,000 present. He added: "I don't say that when I think that the future of civilization could depend on this choice."
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