The US billionaire rails against German aid for migrants in the Mediterranean on his Internet platform X. The Foreign Office reacts promptly. And Musk follows up.
The Foreign Office and the US billionaire Elon Musk have had an argument on his Internet platform X about German help for the rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean.
On Friday, Musk referred to an Italian post that praised the AfD and criticized the fact that rescue ships from aid organizations with German support were taking in migrants. “Does the German public know about this?” Musk wrote on the platform he owns, formerly known as Twitter. The Foreign Office reacted promptly via its English-language X account: “Yes. And that’s called saving lives.”
But Musk doubled down and wrote: “So you’re really proud of it. Interesting. To be honest, I doubt that the majority of the German public supports this. Have you conducted a survey?” If Germany transports large quantities of “illegal immigrants” to Italian soil, it has “invasion vibes.”
There had been a dispute between the governments in Rome and Berlin over the past few days. In a letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the fact that the German government wanted to financially support organizations that look after boat migrants in Italy. Rome sees this as interference in internal affairs. In return, the Foreign Office pointed out that this was implementing a decision by the Bundestag.
Source: Stern
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