Musk to speak live with Alternative for Germany leader Alice Weidel VIDEO

The leading candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the Bundestag elections, Alice Weidel, announced that she will hold a video conference call with American billionaire Elon Musk on January 9, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.

Musk, who is a close advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump, recently caused controversy by expressing support for the AfD in an article published in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. The text was met with sharp reactions, and leading German politicians accused Musk of interfering in the Bundestag elections.

The conversation between Musk and Weidel will begin at 7:00 p.m. German time (8:00 p.m. Bulgarian time) and will be broadcast live on the social network "Ex", which is owned by the American billionaire. "The main topics will be freedom of expression and the AfD's ideas for a sustainable Germany," a spokesman for Weidel told DPA.

Two days later, Weidel is expected to be officially nominated as the AfD's lead candidate in the parliamentary elections on February 23.

Weidel's spokesman noted that the AfD and Musk's team have been in regular contact for months, although the far-right party leader and the American billionaire have yet to meet in person.