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Germany is preparing for a snap election on February 23, with Merz fighting to maintain his lead over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur now closely tied to the Trump administration, has entered German politics, urging voters to support the AfD at a party rally where he also suggested Germans should “move on” from their historical guilt.
In December, Merz criticized Musk’s involvement in German politics, calling it “invasive and presumptuous” after Musk published an opinion piece in Welt am Sonntag, describing the AfD as Germany’s “last spark of hope.”
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