The top election candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, expects to hold a live online conversation with tech billionaire Elon Musk on January 9, Weidel announced on Friday.

Elon Musk, the owner of the X platform, plans to have a conversation with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right AfD party, before the upcoming parliamentary elections in Germany. This decision has been criticized by German politicians,

X owner Elon Musk posted on the site: "Only the AfD can save Germany." Following the post, which had more than 50 million views at the time

The German government accused U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, even though it suggested they amounted to "nonsense".

Elon Musk backed Germany’s far-right Alternative for Deutschland party, known as the AfD, in an opinion piece published in a German newspaper on Saturday, wading deeper into international politics as the billionaire has become a fixture in Trump’s orbit.

Government and opposition leaders call the tech billionaire's op-ed backing the anti-immigrant AfD party election interference: "Elon Musk is attempting nothing different than Vladimir Putin."

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Elon Musk has hit the ground running in 2025 with high-profile support for two controversial political figures in Germany and England.

Elon Musk, owner of the X platform, plans to engage in a discussion with Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right AfD party, ahead of Germany's upcoming parliamentary elections. This decision has drawn criticism from German politicians,