Germany’s parliament rejected on Friday an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy, averting the prospect of a law passing for the first time in modern German history thanks to the backing of the far-right. On Wednesday the Bundestag lower house passed a non-binding motion on migration proposed by the opposition conservatives with the support…
Tech titan Elon Musk called on German voters to support the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the upcoming national election during a broadcast on his social media platform, X, on Thursday. Musk hosted the conversation with Alice Weidel, the party’s chancellor candidate, introducing her as “the leading candidate to run Germany,” though he…
US billionaire Elon Musk is trying to exert influence over the German election taking place in February, a government spokesperson said on Monday. “It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” with X posts and an opinion piece he wrote backing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) over…
Elon Musk, poised to join US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration as an outside adviser, on Saturday took a jibe at the German government for refusing to extradite a suspect wanted by Saudi Arabia for terrorism charges, following the arrest of a 50-year-old Saudi national in connection with a deadly attack at a Christmas market in…