AfD, Germany and Elon Musk

Elon Musk speaks at Germany’s AfD campaign launch as thousands protest the far-right party
American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party.
How Elon Musk is helping Germany's far-right AfD party go mainstream
Musk's support for AfD has helped what was once a fringe political party enter the mainstream, lifting it up in front of a global audience.
Tens of thousands protest Germany's far right as Musk endorses AfD
The AfD party is polling at about 20% before Germany's February 23 elections, a record for a party. The mainstream conservative CDU/CSU alliance leads with about 30%.
Musk praises far-right AfD as Germany's 'best hope' at campaign rally
Elon Musk participated via video link in the official campaign launch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, a month before national elections on February 23. Addressing the crowd ahead of lead candidate Alice Weidel's speech,
AfD surge threatens to spoil party in home town of ‘Germany’s next chancellor’
Polling data in home town of Friedrich Merz, Germany’s frontrunner to be next chancellor, are worry for main parties
Thousands march in Germany as AfD launches election campaign
Thousands of people protested the rise of the far right in cities across Germany on Saturday, as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party campaign kicked off with a virtual appearance by US billionaire Elon Musk.
Germany’s Identity at a Crossroads as Far-Right AfD Party Surges in Polls
Concerns about Holocaust trivialization and nationalist policies underscore the growing anxiety over the influence of the far-right party, which recently won the endorsement of Elon Musk Strong relations with Israel and a commitment to commemorating the Holocaust have been central tenets in Germany’s identity since the end of the Nazi regime,
Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month's election
Tens of thousands of Germans protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.
Thousands protest in Germany against the far-right as AfD party begins election campaign
The protests took place while AfD was opening its election campaign in the central city of Halle on Saturday. View on euronews
Protesters take to the streets of Berlin against far right AfD party ahead of elections
At Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, participants lit up their phones, blew whistles and sang anti-fascist songs. (AP video by Pietro De Cristofaro)
Anti-far-right protests held in Germany as Musk endorses AfD
US tech billionaire Elon Musk told thousands of AfD supporters via video link that their party was ‘the best hope for the future of Germany’.
‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...
Elon Musk Addresses Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party In Surprise Rally Appearance—Amid ‘Nazi Salute’ Controversy
The world’s richest person has heaped praise on the Alternative for Deutschland party in recent weeks ahead of the country’s ...
Germany's AfD Demands Border Closures After Killings, Including 2 Year Old
A rejected Afghan asylum-seeker killed two people and left several others injured in a stabbing in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Musk Says Germany Has ‘Too Much of a Focus on Past Guilt’
His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s ...