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

For eight years, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has used the Bundestag as a launch pad for ...

Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto ...

German far-right leader Alice Weidel on Wednesday launched a fierce attack on Chancellor Friedrich Merz over his young ...

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 ...

"This election campaign has made it clear that (Weidel) is the uncrowned queen of the AfD," said Wolfgang Schroeder, a politics professor at Kassel University. "Her visibility has grown enormously.

It’s a huge kindergarten here,’ says the party’s Alice Weidel, to whom the chancellor won’t speak.

But her AfD is no less extreme. “With Alice Weidel at the helm, the AfD has steadily become more radical,” said Ann-Katrin Müller, an expert on the AfD who reports for Der Spiegel, one of ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

Elon Musk and far-right German leader Alice Weidel endorse each other in interview. Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference, hosting AfD co-leader Alice Weidel for a livestream ...

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 ...