Published: January 8th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

X owner Elon Musk is getting heavily involved in the German election campaign – with his election recommendation for the far-right AfD and now also with his public talk with AfD top candidate Alice Weidel. Is he allowed to do this? First of all, the EU Commission says yes. Everyone, including Mr. Musk, naturally has the right to express their opinion, writes the Commission in a reply to CDU MEPs Daniel Caspary and Andreas Schwab.