European leaders criticise Musk for telling Germans to move 'beyond the past'

Top European politicians are among those who have criticised Elon Musk for telling Germans to let go of "the guilt of the past" during an Alternative for Germany (AfD) campaign rally over the weekend.

The South Africa-born billionaire made the contentious remark during a virtual speech at an event attended by thousands of AfD supporters in the east German city of Halle on Saturday.

Musk has previously said that only the far-right AfD, a party which says that Germans should no longer apologise for the country's Nazi past, can "save Germany" in next month's elections.