Elon Musk persists and signs. A column by the billionaire was published on Saturday December 28 by Welt am Sonntag, the Sunday version of the German newspaper Die Welt. He reaffirms his support for the German nationalist party, AfD, reports Le Figaro.
Elon Musk believes that “ the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the last glimmer of hope for this country ”, which is according to him “on the verge of economic and cultural collapse”. The boss of Space “controlled immigration policy” of the party, its economic objectives of “reduce taxes” or even “deregulate the market”.
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On December 20, Elon Musk had already published a message on the social network X, of which he is the owner, in which he indicated that “only the AfD” could “save Germany”.
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A contested speech
The publication of Elon Musk's column caused some commotion. An editor-in-chief of the newspaper Die Welt has decided to resign from her post. “Today, a text by Elon Musk appeared in Welt am Sonntag. Yesterday I submitted my resignation after printing”indicated Eva Marie Kogel, responsible for editorial content, on X.
In addition to this resignation, Elon Musk's column once again sparked indignant reactions. “We must not allow the Elon Musks of this world, the Chinese state or Russian troll factories to undermine our democracies in Europe”castigated Andreas Audretsch, campaign director of the Greens.
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The Association of German Journalists (DJV), for its part, protested against the “election advertising” permitted by the editorial staff of Die Welt. “The German media must not allow themselves to be manipulated into the mouthpiece of autocrats and their friends”castigated its leader Mika Beuster
