Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the ...
NDTV19d
Meet Alice Weidel, An Openly Gay Politician Who Is The Unlikely Queen Of German Far-Right
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 Sunday's ...
Al Jazeera English21d
Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD
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 ...
Politico Europe19d
Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here’s how she did it.
BERLIN — Alice Weidel has never been more popular — nor more radical. When the chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took the stage in Berlin Sunday night following her ...
The Economist28d
Alice Weidel, Germany’s most vilified—and powerful—female politician
Ms Weidel’s charisma alone does not explain the AfD’s rise—indeed she is an uninspiring speaker. The 12-year-old party, like others on the hard right in Europe, has benefited from widespread ...
The New York Times24d
Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions
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 ...
Digital Journal21d
Alice Weidel, unlikely queen of German far-right AfD
Alice Weidel, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany, calls for the 'total closing of Germany's borders' and 'large-scale repatriations' of irregular ...
Sky23d
Alice Weidel: The woman at the top of Germany's far-right AfD party
Alice Weidel may not be the person you would imagine at the top of Germany's far-right political movement. She's gay with a Sri Lankan partner, the film-maker Sarah Bossard. And Ms Weidel ...
KTBS21d
Alice Weidel, unlikely queen of German far-right AfD
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 Sunday's ...