By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-12-20 11:55:01 | Updated at 2024-12-20 17:47:24
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US billionaire Elon Musk, set to join president-elect Donald Trump’s administration, waded into Germany’s election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country’s saviour.
The AfD is running second in opinion polls and might be able to thwart either a centre-right or centre-left majority, but Germany’s mainstream, more centrist parties have vowed to shun support from the AfD at national level.
Europe’s leading power is expected to vote on February 23 after a centre-left coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.
“Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform, X.
Musk, the world’s richest person, has already expressed support for other anti-immigration parties across Europe.
The German government said it had taken note of Musk’s post but declined to give any further comment at its regular press conference.
