Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.

"It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” Musk said.

Note that Musk’s citizenship include South Africa, Canada (from 1989) and United States (from 2002)

  • CyberEggEnglish
    42·
    2 days ago

    Enough of a threat that 200 lawyers recently published an open letter calling for a ban, another 17 constitutional lawyers seeing a strong case for a ban etc.

    The last try banning an extremist right wing party (then NPD) failed due to the constitutional court seeing no chance that party could implement their policies. Nobody thinks that would be the case with the AfD.

    Also, the candidate for chancellor of the largest party, Friedrich Merz (CDU) just stated they’d work with the AfD on some laws (immigration and refugee issues namely).

    Basically, shit’s hitting the fan right now.

    • lemmylommy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 days ago

      Also the other right wing populists in the European Parliament kicked them out because the don’t like to be associated with Nazis like the afd. That should tell you everything

      • CyberEggEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        Although that might be a move to appear less extremist to their own voters.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      The last try banning an extremist right wing party (then NPD) failed due to the constitutional court seeing no chance that party could implement their policies

      Why should this prevent a ban?

      • SapphireSphinx@feddit.orgEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        Why should this prevent a ban?

        It makes no sense at all and this ruling of our supreme court enabled the Nazis to get where they are today.

        First they where too small to be banned. Now they are too big to be banned because politicians fear their voters. All the while they get subsidized from our taxes and get ample time on TV and in the press because they are a legal party and they are not banned. It’s crazy yet here we are.

        • CyberEggEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          The AfD is not too big to be banned, some politicians are just cowards or secretly sympathetic to the AfD.

          I’m talking legal requirements for a party ban, not why members of parliament don’t want to start the process.

      • 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Because it’s not necessary to ban a party that is irrelevant and has no chance to get to any kind of legislative power. The few times the NPD won a seat in a regional parliament, they were ridiculed and no one considered working together with them.

        • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          And that’s exactly the Problem with the AfD. Other parties, especially the so-called “conservatives” of the CDU, are more than happy to cooperate with the Nazi scum if that gets them what they want.

      • CyberEggEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        Because banning a party is a delicate thing. It is a dangerous tool, the last possible defence against extremist parties. Therefore it must not be used lightly, and the realistic chance to actually gain legislative power to implement extremist policies is a requirement for a party ban.