Concrete plans are under way for an online meeting between US billionaire Elon Musk and the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, her spokesman said on Tuesday. "We are already in contact about an X Space between the two,

In his opinion piece, Musk called the AfD "the last spark of hope" for Germany and argued in favor of the party's positions on energy, economic recovery and migration, saying they reflect "the principles that made Tesla and SpaceX successful," according to a Euronews translation.

Elon Musk has doubled down on his support for Germany's hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in an opinion piece for Welt am Sonntag newspaper, calling it the "last spark of hope" for the country and urges people not to liken the party's leader to Adolf Hitler.