Elon Musk on Wednesday gave his support to Marine Le Pen, National Rally candidate in the 2027 presidential election, sparking criticism of the billionaire’s interference in French politics.
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“She is France’s last hope,” said the head of Tesla, also owner of the social network which reposted a message affirming that “Marine Le Pen’s polls have TAKEN OFF”.
On this same network, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs criticized the American billionaire, calling on him to review his judgment.
“Like we say in French (as we say in French, editor’s note): it’s only imbeciles who don’t change their minds,” declared Jean-Noël Barrot.
Until now, Elon Musk had provided personal support to Marine Le Pen, particularly during her trial, without clearly supporting her candidacy in next year’s French elections.
“I hope and I encourage Ms. Le Pen to overcome this persecution and to run in the next presidential election” in 2027, he declared on
Last week, the appeals court reduced his ineligibility sentence from five years to 15 months, allowing him to run for office. She immediately announced her candidacy.
The message posted Wednesday by Elon Musk in favor of Marine Le Pen is not insignificant since the American owns the powerful algorithms of the social network X.
The Essonne MP Antoine Léaument (LFI) denounced “the foreign interference of Elon Musk (which) began for the presidential election”, calling on the independent public authority guarantor of freedom of communication (Arcom) to take up this matter.
