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Who is Alice Weidel, AfD's top candidate for chancellor
FRANCE 24 English
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2/17/2025
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The ambition of the 46-year-old candidate for the far right in Germany, Alice Weidel,
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is to get closer to holding power bit by bit.
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Her party, Alternative for Germany, is in second position in the polls with 20% of the vote.
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That is unprecedented. Her supporters at a recent rally were unequivocal.
00:26
She's honest and on point.
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She's very capable of governing Germany.
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The former banker, who has lived in China and the United States,
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has gained support with far-right activists with a tougher line, particularly on immigration.
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We stepped up to save Germany, our homeland.
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And we will say this to the whole world. German borders are closed.
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The AfD leader declined requests for an interview.
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However, an AfD MP said she was the party's ideal candidate.
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It's an advantage to have a woman who speaks well, who is intelligent, who represents something.
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It's the same thing with Marine Le Pen in France.
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Weidel has been a Bundestag MP since 2017.
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She has in recent months had media support from people close to the US President Donald Trump,
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in particular Elon Musk.
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It's okay to be proud to be German. This is a very important principle.
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Weidel is hostile to the European Union in its current form, she says.
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She is described as pro-Russian and was recently received by Viktor Orban,
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the authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister, who believes that she is the future of Germany.
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Her private life has often made the headlines of the German press,
01:48
including the revelation of the identity of one of her grandfathers, a former Nazi judge,
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who she says she never knew.
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And concerning her partner, a woman of Sri Lankan descent, they have two children.
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Based in Switzerland, they regularly publish photos and videos of their lives together.
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A journalist at Der Spiegel says that suits the AfD.
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If you want to accuse the party of being homophobic, sexist or racist,
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they can always answer, no, we have Alice Weidel.
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In the AfD scenario, she works really well.
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All analysts say there is no possibility Weidel will come to power.
02:32
The other parties reject any pact with the far right.
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But for how long?
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In January, the centre-right CDU relied on support of the far right in the Bundestag for the first time.
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