Tesla tycoon Elon Musk’s endorsement of Alternative for Germany (AfD) could legitimise the far-Right party among business people and ordinary voters, easing its eventual path to power, a member of the movement has said.

The live chat with the AfD’s chancellor candidate is proposed as Germany’s political leaders accuse the tech billionaire of election interference.

Elon Musk, the owner of the X platform, plans to have a conversation with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right AfD party, before the upcoming parliamentary elections in Germany. This decision has been criticized by German politicians,