Elections for the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, will be held next month. Recently, Musk, an American entrepreneur, wrote an article publicly supporting the Alternative for Germany party, which is regarded as a far-right party, and launched verbal attacks on German Chancellor Scholz and German President Steinmeier on social media. This has caused controversy in German political circles, and has triggered opposition and protests from many prominent politicians in German politics. Scholz criticized Musk by name in his New Year's address on December 31 last year, and said that the future of Germany "will not be determined by the owners of social media". The current Vice Chancellor of the Green Party, Habek, also criticized Musk's remarks in his New Year's speech. Later, he also expressed strong dissatisfaction with Musk's remarks in an interview with Der Spiegel, warning him not to interfere in the German Bundestag election.