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US President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, November 19, 2024
BILLIONAIRE businessman Elon Musk has caused uproar by backing Germany’s main far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections.
Germany is to hold an early election on February 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition collapsed last month amid a dispute over how to revitalise the stagnant economy.
Mr Musk’s guest opinion piece for Welt am Sonntag, published in German over the weekend, was the second time this month that he has expressed support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
