American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.

CNN senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen spoke exclusively to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who took an opportunity on the campaign trail to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.

The site of the former Auschwitz death camp marks 80 years since it was liberated by Soviet troops during World War Two. Nazi-German forces murdered 1.1 million people at that site. Elon Musk is now being criticized for saying that German's need to move beyond the guilt of the country's Nazi past at a far-right rally.