Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk is " Daily Mail writes about this.
Musk, who is set to take on a key role in the Trump administration, has sparked anger across Europe with a series of attacks on the continent's leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer..
Sanchez spoke out about the tech billionaire during a speech to kick off official events marking the 50th anniversary of the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
The Spanish fascist dictator ruled Spain with an iron fist from 1936 to 1975, after which the country returned to democracy.
Sanchez accused Musk of leading an "
“This is all a problem, a challenge, a task that should challenge all of us who believe in democracy,” the prime minister added at an event at Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum of Art, which houses Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, one of the most famous anti-Franco paintings..
“Autocratic regimes are advancing on the other side of the world,” Sanchez said, warning that “fascism, which we thought was left behind, has now become the third political force in Europe,” referring to far-right parties that have gained strength across the continent.
A day earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Ten years ago, who could have imagined that the owner of one of the largest social networks in the world would support a new international reactionary movement and directly interfere in elections, including in Germany.”.
Scholz, whom Musk called a "
However, he added that he was concerned that Musk, who supported the AfD in an op-ed in a major German newspaper last year, was trying to interfere in the election by supporting the far right.
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz also called Musk's remarks \!
Meanwhile, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Monday he was alarmed that Musk, “a man with enormous access to social media,” could be so involved in the internal affairs of other countries.
Recall that on January 8, Elon Musk attacked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who resigned. Trudeau said Canada would not join the United States, to which the billionaire called him a “girl” and said he was no longer “the governor of Canada.”.