Elon Musk backed Germany’s far-right Alternative for Deutschland party, known as the AfD, in an opinion piece published in a German newspaper on Saturday, wading deeper into international politics as the billionaire has become a fixture in Trump’s orbit.

Elon Musk was accused by the Berlin government of trying to influence Germany ’s federal election with an article supporting a Far-Right party. Musk, who is set to serve Donald Trump’s new administration co-leading a Government Efficiency Department, endorsed the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as the European country’s last hope.

In May, France’s far-right party led by Marine Le Pen split from the AfD in its European Parliament coalition after the German party’s top candidate, Maximilian Krah, said that a person was “not automatically a criminal” just because they had been a member of the SS, Adolph Hitler’s paramilitary organization.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party is classified by German intelligence as a suspected extremist organization.

Musk caused uproar over the weekend after backing the Alternative for Germany in an opinion piece in a major newspaper, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in

Germany is to vote on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed in a dispute over the stagnant economy.

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Donald Trump’s incoming US administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer’s government.

Elon Musk used his fortune and influence to help Donald Trump win reelection in November.The Tesla and SpaceX boss is now championing right-wing insurgents in Europe.He's called for a UK far-right agitator to be freed from prison and condemned the country's prime minister.

Close ally and ‘first buddy’ of Donald Trump says ex-Ukip leader’s party is the UK’s ‘only hope’ just days after he reignited his feud with Keir Starmer and Labour