Musk “endangers the democratic development of Europe,” Scholz raged. BERLIN — Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s friendliness with the far right “endangers” democracy in Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday.

In recent months, the billionaire has been campaigning in support of Europe’s hard-right parties including Germany’s AfD which will be contesting in the German federal elections this year

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s latest demand is likely to stall a €3 billion aid package to the war-ravaged country as Russian forces continue their advance.

Olaf Scholz's comments come after the tech billionaire has been voicing his support on X for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable.”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said US tech billionaire Elon Musk is threatening European democracy with his attacks on political leaders and support for the far right. Scholz on Friday said he was not criticising the fact that "a billionaire from another country is speaking his mind in a global world".

Now Musk's escalating criticism and mocking of European leaders and governments, which he has done repeatedly via X, the social media platform he owns, has sparked a backlash from European governments amid increasing calls for regulatory action in Europe against X.

Trump has expressed renewed interest in the U.S. taking control of Greenland, going so far as to refusing to rule out military intervention.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that EU leaders were baffled after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Donald Trump has not even moved back into the White House, but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe.

The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, however powerful.