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.

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.

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".

The European Union is expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached the EU's content moderation rulebook, the EU Commission has said.

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

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.

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

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link German Chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to criticism from Elon Musk in a new interview with a German magazine. In the interview published in Stern on Saturday, Scholz said there was "nothing new" about ...

Paris and London have called out billionarie Elon Musk for alleged interference in European political debate and spreading of misinformation, with France urging a robust EU response to protect

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday publicly called out US President-elect Donald Trump over his threat to seize control of Greenland, saying "the inviolability of borders applies to every country.

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.