Critics of the German far-right party say that the AfD is still far from having any real influence, as none of the other ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, said she feels reminded of "dark times" by the ...

After then-Chancellor Angela Merkel opened Germany’s doors to more than 1 million refugees in 2015, the AfD, whose leadership by that time Weidel had joined, turned its attention to stronger ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

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 ...

On January 29, MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) clustered around 46-year-old party leader Alice Weidel in parliament taking selfies. Weidel, dressed in a white rollneck and ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to many to lead Germany's far-right and anti-immigration AfD into ...

X billed the interview as a “conversation with the leading candidate to run Germany.” But Weidel and the AfD are not expected to come out on top in Germany’s Feb. 23 parliamentary election.

The AfD has been led by Alice Weidel, 46, since 2017, who is herself a controversial figure. The West German drew criticism in 2018 when she said: “Burqas, girls in headscarves, knife-wielding ...

Weidel claps as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is seen on screen during a central election campaign event of the AfD in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025. Karina Hessland—Reuters The response to Musk’s ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a T-shirt supporting Alternative for Germany party (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel at an AfD election campaign event in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, February 1, 2025.