The German leader also criticizes Elon Musk's support for the AfD, the far-right party “which advocates a rapprochement with Putin's Russia and wants the weakening of transatlantic ties.”
Published on 04/01/2025 12:24
Updated on 04/01/2025 13:30
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “erratic statements” of Elon Musk, as well as the American billionaire's support for the far-right AfD party, in an interview published on Saturday January 4. Questioned by the magazine Stern on the barbs of Elon Musk, who notably called him a “fou” early November, then“incompetent fool” on December 20, before attacking German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, described as “tyrant”Olaf Scholz felt that he “had to keep calm”. “In Germany, everything happens according to the will of the citizens, not according to the erratic statements of an American billionaire”declared the German leader, a month and a half before early legislative elections scheduled for February 23.
“The German president is not an anti-democratic tyrant and Germany is a strong and stable democracy – no matter what Mr Musk says”underlined the Social Democratic Chancellor in this interview. Olaf Scholz judges on the other hand “much more problematic than these insults” Elon Musk's support for the AfD, “a party which advocates rapprochement with Putin’s Russia and wants the weakening of transatlantic ties”. The AfD recognized on Tuesday in the Spiegel, be in regular contact with the American businessman's team.
