“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election” with X posts and the opinion piece, a German government spokesperson said. His intervention has come as Germans prepare to vote in a parliamentary election on February 23 after the collapse of the coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Musk also called for Scholz’s resignation after a car rammed into a crowd at a Christmas market on December 20, killing five people. “Both want to influence our elections and specifically support the AfD’s enemies of democracy. They want Germany to be weakened and plunged into chaos,” Lars Klingbeil told the Funke news group on Monday.

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Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Donald Trump’s, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vladimir Putin, ” Lars Klingbeil, Funke, Friedrich Merz, Scholz Organizations: Reuters, Welt, Scholz’s Social Democrats, Christian Democrats Locations: Germany