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☆ Musk is courting the far right in Germany — and there's not much European leaders can do about it
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The tech billionaire is set to speak on Thursday with Alice Weidel, head of the AfD — Germany's far-right party. The outrage has crossed borders, with French President Emmanuel Macron also criticizing Musk and former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, saying the interview would give Weidel a "significant and valuable advantage." German civil society initiative LobbyControl meanwhile argues that the interview could even be seen as an illegal party donation. "Therefore we can indeed speak of political advertising in this case, because the Platform X usually sells this kind of reach for a lot of money," the group said in a statement, according to a CNBC translation. This is not the first time Musk has endorsed right-wing parties and figures in Europe.

Persons: Elon Musk, Beata Zawrzel, Elon Musk's, Alice Weidel, Musk, Olaf Scholz, Stern, Friedrich Merz, Funke, Emmanuel Macron, Thierry Breton, Matthew Holman, Cripps, Holman, X, Thomas Regnier, Simone Ruf, LobbyControl, Nigel Farage, Labour's Keir Starmer Organizations: Twitter, Getty Images, CNBC, Union's Digital Services, German Digital Services Coordination, Center, Rights, DSA, European Commission Locations: Krakow, Poland, Germany, Europe, Britain

☆ Who is Labour's Keir Starmer, the likely new leader of Britain?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Labour leader Keir Starmer visits Burton and South Derbyshire College on June 27, 2024 in Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom. Cameron Smith | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain looks likely to elect its first Labour prime minister in 14 years, with an expected landslide victory for the opposition party during the July 4 elections. CNBC takes a look at the U.K.'s new prime minister and his platform. watch nowStarmer also served as a human rights adviser during former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair's landmark Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement. Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a speech as he visits the Vale Inn on June 27, 2024 in Macclesfield, United Kingdom.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Cameron Smith, Rishi Sunak, Starmer, —, Margaret Thatcher's, Tony Blair's, Jeremy Corbyn, Reform's Nigel Farage Organizations: South Derbyshire College, Getty, Labour, CNBC, British, National Health Service, University of Leeds, University of Oxford, Shell, Conservative, Northern, Service, Wealth Fund Locations: Burton, Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom, Britain, London, England, Victoria, Macclesfield

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