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Elon Musk congratulates AfD on election victory in Saxony-Anhalt

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Elon Musk and former U.S. ambassador Richard Grenell congratulated the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, after its strong preliminary result in Saxony-Anhalt.
  • The AfD received 43.8% of the vote, making it the state’s largest party but leaving it short of a parliamentary majority.
  • The final result has not been confirmed, and German parties have previously agreed not to cooperate with the AfD.

“Well done,” Elon Musk wrote on X after AfD leader Alice Weidel congratulated the party’s candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, on the result.

Well done.

· Elon MuskMusk posted the message on X in response to Alice Weidel’s congratulations to the AfD candidate.

Siegmund replied to Musk, thanking him for his support. “If we are given responsibility here, I would very much welcome the opportunity for strong and constructive cooperation. Germany can once again become a place worth investing in,” he wrote.

Richard Grenell, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany, also congratulated the AfD on X. “A great victory and a new day in Germany,” Grenell wrote. Like Musk, he has close ties to President Donald Trump. Trump himself had not commented on the result by early Monday, Norwegian time.

If we are given responsibility here, I would very much welcome the opportunity for strong and constructive cooperation. Germany can once again become a place worth investing in.

· Ulrich SiegmundThe AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt candidate thanked Musk for his support.

The result from the eastern German state had not yet been officially confirmed. The preliminary figures released overnight gave the AfD 43.8% of the vote, making it by far the largest party in the state, but not enough to secure a parliamentary majority. German parties have previously agreed not to cooperate with the AfD.

A great victory and a new day in Germany.

· Richard GrenellGrenell congratulated the AfD on X after its preliminary election result.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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