Elon Musk's expected hosting of Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, for a discussion on his X platform on Thursday was being watched by the European Commission to check for any spreading of misinformation before next month's German election.

Elon Musk will interview the German hard-Right leader Alice Weidel in a highly-contentious livestream on X on Thursday night. Mr Musk has vocalised his support for Ms Weidel’s Alternative for Germany party on the social media platform in recent weeks, posting “only AfD can save Germany”.

As Elon Musk uses his global propaganda platform, X, to target various governments throughout Europe, politicians in those countries are beginning to fight back. This week, as Musk continued to promote a far-right political party in Germany,