Elon Musk praises far-Right AfD in Germany election shock

Elon Musk congratulated the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party yesterday and predicted it would win the next German elections in 2029.

The tech billionaire phoned AfD leader Alice Weidel after her party came second in federal elections, winning more than 20 percent of the vote to become the main opposition party.

The unprecedented result, which saw AfD poll second after the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is the first time a hard-Right party has become the main opposition in post-war history.

Miss Weidel said she believed the party could ‘overtake the CDU within the next few years for the next election... to become the strongest force’ in Germany.

Mr Musk, who previously addressed AfD supporters and said the party was ‘the best hope for the future of Germany’, said he believed the party could win power in 2029.