AfD's Alice Weidel Says Elon Musk Called Her, Accuses Merz of 'Blockade'
February 24, 2025
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1:06Now PlayingAfD's Alice Weidel Says Elon Musk Called Her, Accuses Merz of 'Blockade'
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as posted by the channelAlternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel speaks following the election result which saw her party become the second-biggest in the Bundestag with 20.8% of the vote, according to the provisional count. Weidel says she was congratulated on the performance by billionaire Elon Musk. She also accused overall winner Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU/CSU alliance, of being undemocratic for "blocking" her party from entering coalition talks. (Translated from German to English. Source: AP)
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