German backlash against Musk for 'supporting far-right party'... "trying to influence general election"

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently wrote an article in support of the German far-right party in the German media, creating a huge stir.

The German government strongly protested, saying it was an attempt to influence the German general election.

Reporter Hwang Bo-sun reports.

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The 'Alternative for Germany' AfD is described as far-right, but it is clearly wrong, and rather this party is Germany's hope!

Key sentence from Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk's Sunday edition of the German Belt magazine.

It was not enough to write on social media that only AfD can save Germany, so it provoked it again.

The editor in charge of the media's contribution resigned in protest of Musk's publication of the contribution.

The German government also joined in.

German government spokesman Christian Hoffman held a briefing and said it was clear Musk was attempting to influence the German general election.

In other words, he will be authorized to vote for a party monitored by intelligence authorities over allegations of far-right extremist links.

[Christian Hoffman / German government spokesman: This is really an example of Elon Musk trying to influence German federal elections through his writing]
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Christian said Musk has freedom of expression, but sarcastically said that freedom of expression applies to even the most nonsense.

[Christian Hoffman / German government spokesman] As I said, Musk has the freedom to express his opinion, but we don't need to share it.]

Germany is scheduled to hold a general election on February 23 next year as the coalition government under Prime Minister Olaf Scholz collapses.

The Alternative for Germany party now ranks second in the polls, but major German parties have declared they will not stand in solidarity with them at the federal level.

This is YTN Hwang Bo-seon.

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