AfD is also focused on ending Germany's policy of atonement for World War Two crimes. Its leading candidate for the European Parliament election resigned from the party in May amid public outcry, after declaring that members of the SS,

The publicity was a potential boon for AfD, which has been frozen out of mainstream politics, in part, because its leaders have downplayed Nazi atrocities.

Elon Musk has urged the people of Germany to vote against Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the upcoming snap elections. Musk expressed support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and criticized the current government.