{"id":366255,"date":"2025-08-23T03:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T03:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366255\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T03:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T03:15:39","slug":"musk-urges-german-far-right-supporters-to-move-beyond-past-guilt-in-surprise-afd-campaign-appearance-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366255\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk urges German far-right supporters to move beyond ‘past guilt’ in surprise AfD campaign appearance | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at a far-right campaign event in Germany where he urged supporters to move beyond their “past guilt”.<\/p>\n

Speaking via video link to a hall of around 4,500 Alternative for Germany (AfD) supporters in the central city of Halle, the world’s richest man<\/strong><\/a> said: “It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything.”<\/p>\n

Mr Musk caused outrage last week after making a gesture<\/strong><\/a> at Donald Trump’s inauguration which many compared to a Nazi salute.<\/p>\n

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\n Musk’s gesture at Trump’s inauguration. Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

At the rally on Saturday he made an apparent reference to Germany’s<\/strong><\/a> Nazi past, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents”.<\/p>\n

He added: “There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.”<\/p>\n

Speaking in favour of the far-right party, Mr Musk told the crowd: “I’m very excited for the AfD, I think you’re really the best hope for Germany. Fight for a great future for Germany.”<\/p>\n

It was the second time in the last two weeks Mr Musk has publicly spoken in support of the anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party, which has been labelled right-wing-extremist by German security services.<\/p>\n

He previously hosted AfD leader Alice Weidel in an interview on X, raising concerns of election meddling.<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands protest against far-right<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile tens of thousands of anti-far right campaigners protested in Berlin and other German cities on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A huge crowd at the capital city’s Brandenburg Gate sang anti-fascist songs and carried banners denouncing the AfD.<\/p>\n

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\n Anti-far right protesters in Berlin. Pics: Reuters<\/p>\n

It comes after the three-party governing coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed last year<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The opposition centre-right Union bloc is currently at the top of pre-election polls, followed by the AfD – but mainstream parties have declared they will not work with the far-right party.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk’s mounting support for the AfD will likely raise further concerns about election meddling and the surging popularity of the far-right in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at a far-right campaign event in Germany where he urged supporters to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-366255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115075909207874590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}