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00:00The ambition of the 46-year-old candidate for the far right in Germany, Alice Weidel,

00:05is to get closer to holding power bit by bit.

00:11Her party, Alternative for Germany, is in second position in the polls with 20% of the vote.

00:19That is unprecedented. Her supporters at a recent rally were unequivocal.

00:26She's honest and on point.

00:28She's very capable of governing Germany.

00:32The former banker, who has lived in China and the United States,

00:35has gained support with far-right activists with a tougher line, particularly on immigration.

00:41We stepped up to save Germany, our homeland.

00:45And we will say this to the whole world. German borders are closed.

00:52The AfD leader declined requests for an interview.

00:55However, an AfD MP said she was the party's ideal candidate.

01:02It's an advantage to have a woman who speaks well, who is intelligent, who represents something.

01:07It's the same thing with Marine Le Pen in France.

01:11Weidel has been a Bundestag MP since 2017.

01:14She has in recent months had media support from people close to the US President Donald Trump,

01:19in particular Elon Musk.

01:22It's okay to be proud to be German. This is a very important principle.

01:28Weidel is hostile to the European Union in its current form, she says.

01:33She is described as pro-Russian and was recently received by Viktor Orban,

01:38the authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister, who believes that she is the future of Germany.

01:45Her private life has often made the headlines of the German press,

01:48including the revelation of the identity of one of her grandfathers, a former Nazi judge,

01:53who she says she never knew.

01:58And concerning her partner, a woman of Sri Lankan descent, they have two children.

02:03Based in Switzerland, they regularly publish photos and videos of their lives together.

02:13A journalist at Der Spiegel says that suits the AfD.

02:17If you want to accuse the party of being homophobic, sexist or racist,

02:22they can always answer, no, we have Alice Weidel.

02:25In the AfD scenario, she works really well.

02:29All analysts say there is no possibility Weidel will come to power.

02:32The other parties reject any pact with the far right.

02:35But for how long?

02:37In January, the centre-right CDU relied on support of the far right in the Bundestag for the first time.

Who is Alice Weidel, AfD's top candidate for chancellor

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