Emmanuel Macron has accused Elon Musk of “directly intervening” in elections around the world, including in Germany, Report informs via The Telegraph.
The French president said in a speech to French ambassadors on Monday: “Ten years ago, who could have imagined it if we had been told that the owner of one of the largest social networks in the world would support a new international reactionary movement and intervene directly in elections, including in Germany.”
Macron also said in the speech that Donald Trump, the president-elect, “knows he has a strong ally in France”.
It comes after Musk expressed support for the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on his social media platform X and in an opinion column for the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.