The head of the Department of State Efficiency (DOGE) of the United States, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, expects that the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which took second place in the German Bundestag elections, will win the next elections.
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Before the Bundestag elections, Musk stated that the right-wing Alternative for Germany party was the only hope for Germany.
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“Indeed, congratulations to Alice Weidel! At this rate of growth, the AFD will become the majority party by the next election,” Musk wrote on his social network page.
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Earlier, Musk wrote in an article for the German newspaper Welt that the right-wing AFD party is the only political force in Germany capable of saving the country from becoming a “shadow of its former self.” The publication of this material caused heated controversy both in the editorial office of the Welt and in Germany as a whole: Eva Marie Kogel, head of the Welt opinion department, submitted her resignation after the publication of the material, and Friedrich Merz, candidate for chancellor from the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, called the article unprecedented interference in the elections. Germany. However, this did not stop Musk, who later held an online conversation with the AFD co-chairman and candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel.
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Early parliamentary elections were held in Germany on Sunday, February 23. According to preliminary data, the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc won the election with 28.6% of the vote. The second place was taken by AfG with a record score of 20.8%. Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) took only third place, gaining 16.4% of the vote, which was the worst result in the party’s history. In addition, the Greens (11.6%), the Leftists (8.8%), as well as the Danish-Frisian minority party, the Union of Southern Schleswig Voters, won one seat in parliament by single-mandate voting. The Sarah Wagenknecht Union for Reason and Justice (SSV) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) did not enter parliament, having failed to overcome the 5% barrier.
