Scholz's party says Elon Musk has "crossed the line"

Rolf Mützenich, head of the parliamentary faction of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDPG), has said that American billionaire Elon Musk has crossed the "boundaries of what is acceptable" in US-German relations with his controversial statements.

Source: Mützenich in a comment to Spiegel, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Mützenich was responding to Musk's insulting attacks on German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Quote: "Verbal attacks on the federal president are thus directed at all citizens," Mützenich said.

He urged the German government to find out "whether the repeated disrespect, slander and interference in the election campaign were also expressed on behalf of the new US government", given that President-elect Donald Trump intends to appoint Musk as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency.

Mützenich said "international challenges can only be solved if there are free relations between us and the United States".

Background:

• Yesterday Musk was reported to have tweeted "Steinmeier is an anti-democratic tyrant" in response to criticism of Steinmeier from Naomi Seibt, a political activist affiliated with the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
• Musk has publicly endorsed voting for the German far-right and has written a column in support of them in Welt am Sonntag, causing Eva Marie Kogel, the newspaper's editor, to resign in protest.
• Meanwhile, a spokesman for AfD leader Alice Weidel has stated that plans for an online meeting between Weidel and Musk are in the works.
• On Tuesday, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck criticised Musk and his attempts to influence the German elections.

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