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Elon Musk's Political Interference in European Countries Sparks Concern and Anger | News

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Elon Musk's involvement in European politics raises alarm as he supports right-wing figures and criticizes politicians, causing controversy. Learn how his actions have sparked concern and raised questions among liberal politicians in Europe.
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A German government spokesman said that Elon Musk's influence on the German people is limited,
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as he criticized the US billionaire for his criticism of his advisor Olaf Scholz
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and his support for the Alternative Party for the right-wing Germany.
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This has affected Musk's interference in domestic affairs in several European countries
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and his criticism of some politicians in them is a widespread controversy among Europeans.
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With the beginning of 2025, billionaire and owner of X company Elon Musk has gained international
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attention after he announced his support for extremist right-wing figures in Europe through
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exciting posts on X's platform.
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How did Musk become a source of concern for liberal politicians in Europe?
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In Britain, Musk attacked the British Workers' Party through his posts because he described
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The government's failure to deal with gangs that take advantage of children is likely
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to be due to the fact that its members are of Pakistani descent.
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King Charles to solve the parliament and hold new general elections.
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Also, media reports revealed that he could donate $100 million to the right-wing
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extremist party in Britain.
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In Italy, Sergio Mattarella, the country's president, was criticized after publishing
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articles calling for the isolation of Italian judges because of their failure to
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to move refugees to Albania,
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which he considered an intervention in the country's judicial affairs
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and an attempt to undermine the independence of the judiciary.
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In Germany, Musk also went far in his self-denial of the domestic political matter.
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The German consul Olaf Scholz described him as a fool and unqualified,
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calling for his resignation after an attack on a car on the Eid al-Milad market in the east of the country.
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He also announced his support for the Alternative Party for Germany,
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and its leader Alice Weidel, and he considered the right-wing extremist party, the Last Hope
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for Germany, to be a statement to a German newspaper.
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This made the consultant Schultz and his deputy Robert Habeck
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suspect him of trying to influence the upcoming elections in February.
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What is Musk's goal behind his criticism of politics in Europe?
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To follow up with us from our studio in Berlin,
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journalist Abdur Rahman Ammar,
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a specialist in German and European affairs.
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Welcome, Abdur Rahman.
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So, there is a lot of anxiety and anger about Musk's interference
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in European political affairs,
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especially in Germany.
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How do we read this intervention and what are its goals?
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Elon Musk is not a businessman and does not have the famous X website, so he has a political
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position, which means that his statements, if not blessed by Donald Trump, at least
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do not bother him.
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Do not bother him because there is participation in many of the well-known Trump positions
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in his first state, that he supports the right-wing popular parties that are divided
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with the left.
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for example, regarding the monitoring of borders, the extent of the regime's migration, and even
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the non-regime's migration, and also his blessing for the BRICS, and he said that it is a great
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thing, and that it might break Europe.
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Therefore, Elon Musk's statements go in this direction, supporting the extremist popular
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parties, because they serve the American economic policy, ultimately, he wants a weak and broken
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But Elon Musk is ignorant, or perhaps he is ignorant, that in the case of the German
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alternative, he is different from Musk and Trump in many cases, such as the electric
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