Germany's AfD names Alice Weidel as chancellor candidate ahead of February election

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The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino Chrupalla says the goal in the February vote is to surpass the 20% mark.

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00:00The Alternative for Germany party has officially elected Alice Weidel as its right-wing candidate

00:07for Chancellor during a two-day party conference in Riesa.

00:11The announcement of her candidacy came after the gathering was delayed by more than one

00:15hour due to anti-AfD protests.

00:19Polls show AfD in second place in the upcoming election, with about 20 percent support.

00:24However, Weidel has a low chance of becoming Germany's Chancellor, as other parties have

00:28refused to work with the AfD.

00:32Leading the polls is the conservative CDU with its leader Friedrich Merz, who called

00:36for fundamental change to German politics at the CDU's conference in Hamburg.

00:42In Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz targeted the CDU at the centre-left SPD conference.

00:47After Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in November, polls show that support for his

01:05party sits at around 14 to 17 percent.

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