“In Germany, the Bundestag investigates Musk’s support for the far-right party AfD — Die Welt January 10, 07:30 Share: Elon Musk (Photo: ALLISON ROBBERT/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo) The Bundestag administration initiated an investigation after American billionaire Elon Musk publicly expressed support the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on the eve of the parliamentary elections. This is reported by Die Welt. German officials plan to find out whether Musk’s actions are in violation”, — write on: ua.news
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The Bundestag administration initiated an investigation after American billionaire Elon Musk publicly expressed support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) on the eve of parliamentary elections.
This is reported by Die Welt.
German officials plan to find out whether Musk’s actions violate the German law on political parties, the publication writes.
As noted Die Welt, Elon Musk actively promotes the AfD through his social network X, which and caused concern of officials and public organizations in Germany.
“In this case, the circumstances are now being clarified“,— said a representative of the Bundestag on January 9 in Berlin.
LobbyControl organization which carries out protection of transparency and democratic control in Germany and Europe, expressed serious concern about this situation. Its representatives declaredthat Mask’s actions can be regarded as “illegal party donation“.
“According to the law on parties, which was reformed at the beginning of 2024, pre-election advertising by outsiders is considered a donation to the party. The law also prohibits party donations from outside the EU“, – reported in LobbyControl.
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The organization believes that because Elon Musk and his social network X registered in the USA, that is the state of things may violate the rules of party financing and election campaigning.
“Control over compliance with the rules of party financing and election campaigning belongs to the powers of the Bundestag“, specified in LobbyControl.
As noted Die Welt, In 2020, the Berlin Administrative Court found an advertising campaign in support of former AfD politician Jörg Moiten organized by the Swiss company Goal AG in 2016 to be an illegal party donation. Thenjudgessupported the position of the Bundestag administration, which imposed the fine on the political force.
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Musk’s support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party — what is known
On December 29, Elon Musk spoke in support of the far-right and pro-Russian Alternative for Germany party (AdN) in his column for the German publication Welt, naming the political force in the text “the last spark of hope” for the country.
In response, on December 30, the spokeswoman of the German government, Christiana Hoffmann, accused Musk of trying to influence the upcoming Bundestag elections and compared him to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
On January 9, Elon Musk publicly spoke with the leader of the ADH Alisa Weidel in his own social network X. Moreover, the billionaire first mispronounced the name of the interlocutor, and then told his multi-million online audience that the leader is a “leading candidate” for the position of head of “Europe’s largest economy “.