Germans are heading to the polls Sunday to elect members of the Bundestag, the country’s federal parliament, with the election garnering extra attention due to Elon Musk’s support of the right-leaning, populist AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party. The election was originally slated to take place in September of this year, but was moved up due to the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government back in November.
German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States. The center-right opposition is favored to win, while polls point to the strongest result for a far-right party since World War II.
Since the collapse of Scholz’s government, global elites have been in panic mode over the rise of AfD, which is as close to a MAGA movement that modern-day Germany is going to get. That panic turned into full-blown hysteria when Elon Musk tweeted back in December: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
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Here’s how RedState reported the reaction to Musk’s endorsement:
The propagandists at NBC had this to say about the endorsement:
Elon Musk waded into Germany’s election Friday, expressing his support for a far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party that’s being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency.
Sounds like Germany has its very own Deep State, doesn’t it?
AfD’s mission statement is this: “We are liberals and conservatives. We are free citizens of our country. We are convinced democrats.” Here is some of what the party, often described by the media as “far right,” stands for:
- Strong opposition to illegal immigration and asylum policies.
- Emphasis on preserving German cultural identity.
- Reforming or leaving the EU altogether (“Dexit” has been debated within the party).
- Opposition to green energy policies, favoring traditional energy sources like coal and nuclear power.
To give some further context, the same people who oppose AfD are the same people who despise Donald Trump and Argentina’s Javier Milei. Oh, and topless feminists wearing Hitler mustaches don’t like them, either.
Despite the pearl clutching by the world’s mouthiest leftists, AfD has seen it’s popularity sky rocket in recent months, particularly in areas like eastern Germany. The most recent polling shows AfD is well positioned to make big gains and are expected to secure approximately 20% to 21% of the vote, placing them second to the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which went into the election with an estimated 28% to 32% support.
Here’s the kicker, though: the CDU is unlikely to form a coalition government with AfD because CDU leader Friedrich Merz has previously stated that: “The AfD has no place in a government coalition, and there will never be a cooperation with the AfD.” The CDU is likely, instead, to form a coalition with the more libertarian FDP (Free Democratic Party) and the uber-liberal Greens.
One thing’s for sure, however, and that’s that we know where Elon’s heart is today.
Polls in Germany are expected to close at 12 p.m. ET.
