German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized Elon Musk's support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, calling it 'really disgusting' and harmful to democratic development in the European Union. Musk, who has publicly endorsed AfD and called for Scholz's resignation, attended an AfD campaign event last week where he urged supporters to move beyond 'past guilt' and embrace German culture. Scholz condemned Musk's comments, emphasizing Germany's 'historic responsibility' and gratitude to the US for its role in defeating Nazism.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Elon Musk 's backing of right-wing parties in the European Union 'really disgusting'. The tech mogul, who is a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has openly backed the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which is labelled as right-wing extremist by the country's security services. He has also called for Mr Scholz to resign, saying that AfD is the country's only saviour.
' Hitting back at the comments, Mr Scholz said he is 'absolutely critical' of what Mr Musk said about the history of Germany, adding that his country has 'historic responsibility'. 'Germany is thankful to the US for freeing it from Nazis and helping it to become a democracy again,' the German leader said, adding: 'This is why I am so angry about Elon Musk intervening for the far-right.
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