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As of today, there is a gaping hole in the firewall of the parties of the system, which is really a wall of fear against the will of the people and of democratic change.”
Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom party, said Change is winning in Germany too! AfD doubles its votes, despite attacks and lies from the left, ... Europe must be radically changed”.
Matteo Salvini, the far-right deputy prime minister if Italy, also congratulated Weidel, saying ... adding that Congratulations @Alice_Weidel and @AfD!!!
The Netherlands’ Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, which is part of a coalition government, wrote When I turned on my telephone this morning or rather looked at it, I had missed calls from the US including from Elon Musk who personally congratulated [me],
Indeed, congratulations Alice Weidel, ... At this rate of growth, AfD will be the majority party by the next election.”
Musk reposted the tweet, adding The people of Germany voted for change in immense numbers, ... Good luck and God bless Germany!”
the prime minister wrote on X, adding What happened in this election campaign cannot go unchallenged. It can be a political response. It can be a legal response. I want to analyze this calmly after this election campaign,
Except for the AfD, none of the other major parties responded favorably to Musk's interventions during the campaign, and I do not expect this to change in the immediate future,
Dr. Matthias Dilling, a professor of political science at Trinity College Dublin and a co-convenor of the German Politics Specialist Group, told Newsweek For now, it seems the firewall will stay in place, so no formal coalitions and cooperation with the AfD, no matter how big their group in the Bundestag will be. At least that's what Merz has claimed,
Elon Musk's involvement contributed to the AfD's growing visibility,
Much will depend on the popularity of the new government,
AfD's views largely align with those of Elon Musk, so they don't seem to mind his interference in German politics,
We saw the horrors wrought by these decisions yesterday in this very city. How many times must we suffer these appalling setbacks before we change course and take our shared civilization in a new direction?"
He was also harsh on Germany's immigration policy in the wake of the asylum-seeker car attack that injured two dozen people, telling attendees 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 told listeners at the rally, less than a month before voters went to the polls We want to have very good relations with our European neighbors, ... But we also want to have very good relations with the major powers. This includes Russia."
I have no illusions at all about what is happening from America. Take a look at the recent interventions in the German election campaign by Mr. Elon Musk.”
Merz told supporters at a party event in Berlin on Sunday night I hope that [the U.S.] remains a democracy and does not slide into an authoritarian populist system,
Merz told a campaign event in Darmstadt Tonight we will celebrate and from tomorrow we start working,
he said in a first reaction in Berlin, claiming victory while surrounded by supporters LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION. MUCH LIKE THE USA, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY GOT TIRED OF THE NO COMMON SENSE AGENDA, ESPECIALLY ON ENERGY AND IMMIGRATION, THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR SO MANY YEARS,
On TikTok, the AfD presents itself as a caretaker and champion of young people—democratic parties have not yet found any good answers to this,
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