German Chancellor Olaf Scholz disregarded tech billionaire Elon Musk's backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Germany's election is expected to be held early after the chancellor lost a confidence vote on Monday.

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.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.”

In a guest column for the German newspaper Die Welt, Elon Musk has called on Germany to vote for the anti-immigration party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), calling it “the last flicker of hope for the country”.

US billionaire Elon Musk backed Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a guest opinion piece for Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper published online on Dec 28 that prompted the commentary editor to resign in protest.

Germany is expected to vote in an early election on February 23 after Mr Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month.

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