A few weeks before the German federal elections, American technology billionaire Elon Musk recommended the right-wing populist ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) as the best party for Germany.
“Only the AfD can save Germany,” the adviser to newly-elected US President Donald Trump wrote on his short message service X (formerly Twitter; see message below) on Friday.
The Tesla boss’s post is linked to a video by YouTuber Naomi Seibt, who, among other things, accuses the candidate for chancellor of the conservative Union Parties (CDU/CSU), Friedrich Merz, of refusing to hold talks with the AfD.
“Danger to democratic institutions”
The German Constitutional Service classifies parts of the AfD as right-wing extremist. Critics accuse the party of following a right-wing populist, xenophobic course. They also see the AfD as a “threat to democratic institutions”.
A year ago, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony classified the regional AfD association there as definitively right-wing extremist. This means that the party is considered far-right in three states – in addition to Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Source: Krone
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