Elon Musk and AfD's Alice Weidel talk on X | DW Analysis

We begin with the politics of billionaire Elon Musk, and why that may or may not matter to voters here in Germany. Next month voters will go to the polls here. Early elections because the current left of center government collapsed. Polls show the conservatives and the far-right AfD party leading. Enter Elon Musk. He has been very vocal on his platform X in his support for the AfD, saying it is the only party that can save Germany. He has also called for the current chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign. And tonight he held a one on one conversation on X with the AfD's chancellor candidate Alice Weidel. At one point there were 211 thousand people listening in. This is part of what they heard. Chapters: 0:00 Elon MUsk's effects on German politics 1:48 Aurel Eschmann, LobbyControl campaigner 8:07 Simon Young, DW Correspondent 10:38 Marietje Schaake, Stanford University For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-2025/t-70794502 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #musk #weidel #afd