Prime Minister Olaf Scholz spoke to the media in Berlin on January 3
Sheet The Hill On January 5, German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz shared his approach after billionaire Elon Musk recently argued many times with German politicians.
“There are a lot of people on social networks who want to attract attention with quick slogans,” Mr. Scholz said in an interview with the magazine. Sternand at the same time called on German politicians not to pay attention to sarcastic and provocative content intended to make them react.
The leader emphasized: “As Social Democrats (SPD), we are used to having rich media businessmen who do not appreciate the politics of the Social Democrats – and do not hide their point of view”.
The above statement was made after German officials had a quarrel with Mr. Musk, the billionaire who owns SpaceX, Tesla and social network X, and is a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump. . Mr. Musk was chosen by Mr. Trump to lead the Government Effectiveness Committee in the near future.
Mr. Musk poked fun at the German leader and predicted that he would “lose” the parliamentary election on February 23.
Last month, Mr. Musk also wrote an editorial in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag of Germany, expressed support for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The article argues that the German economy is being harmed by bureaucracy and excessive intervention by regulators. He also supported the AfD’s immigration proposals.
After the above post, the German government accused Mr. Musk of interfering in the upcoming German election, and tried to downplay the technology tycoon’s efforts to attract more support for the AfD.
In his New Year’s speech, Prime Minister Scholz also said that “in our debates, one can sometimes be forgiven for thinking that the more extreme an opinion is, the more attention it attracts.” idea”.
Some German politicians also criticized Mr. Musk because the billionaire supports the AfD party. Mr. Scholz’s SPD party co-leader Lars Klingbeil on December 30, 2024 accused Mr. Musk of “wanting Germany to weaken and fall into chaos”. Similarly, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, a member of the SPD, called billionaire Musk’s intervention “lacking dignity and having many problems”.
