Who is Alice Weidel? Germany’s gay, far-right AfD leader

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel is a striking contrast to the party she represents. A ...
Yahoo

Five detained at protest in Swiss town where AfD leader Weidel lives

Alice Weidel, AfD candidate for chancellor and leader of the AfD parliamentary group, waits for her appearance on the ZDF morning show "moma vor der Wahl". Kay Nietfeld/dpa Five people were ...
Yahoo

Opinion: JD Vance and Usha’s Strange Hard-Right, Same-Sex Political Bedfellows

Germany took an expected turn to the right electing a conservative businessman to lead the country while an upstart far-right party, the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), claimed second place thanks ...
Fr

„Menschenverachtend“: ARD reagiert auf Kritik an Tagesschau-Foto von Alice Weidel

Wie die Tagesschau den Livestream zum Sommerinterview mit AfD-Parteichefin Alice Weidel angekündigt hat, war „naiv“, kritisiert eine Medienexpertin. Im Vordergrund AfD-Parteichefin Alice Weidel, ...
WFMZ-TV

Alice Weidel, unlikely queen of German far-right AfD

"Under Alice Weidel, the party has lost its horror for many voters, and Weidel's numerous TV appearances have accelerated the normalisation of the AfD," it said. Weidel in January took part in a ...

Alice Weidel, first openly gay leader of far-right AfD, steals limelight as Germany votes to choose its Chancellor

As voters in Germany go out on Sunday to vote for their new leader in a pivotal election, all eyes will be frozen on the ...
The New York Times

Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s election.
Fr

Kanzlerkandidatin Alice Weidel privat: So lebt die AfD-Chefin

Alice Weidel führt die AfD in die Bundestagswahl. Ihr Privatleben und ihre Wohnsituation sorgen für Diskussionen. Wie tickt die Kanzlerkandidatin? Berlin – Alice Weidel will Kanzlerin werden. Eine ...
Time

Exclusive: Alice Weidel on Her Far-Right AfD Party’s Rise, Elon Musk’s Support, and the German Election

The tweet from Elon Musk arrived a few days before Christmas, and it felt like a gift from heaven to Germany’s far-right political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). It consisted of six words: ...
The Economist

The AfD’s unusual China connection

There are many things that make Alice Weidel an unconventional leader for a German political party on the hard right. Though her marriage to a Sri Lankan-born woman draws most attention, many in ...
The American Conservative

Berlin’s Anti-AfD ‘Firewall’ Will Collapse

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... European conservatives reclaimed lost ground Sunday in Germany’s elections. Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and Alice Weidel’s ...