Berlin correspondent Kate Connolly charts the rise of Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland candidate for chancellor
Alice Weidel is a politician of contradictions: a German nationalist who lives in Switzerland; a former investment banker who rails against elites; and a lesbian with two adopted sons, leading a party that defines a family as “father, mother and children”.
Yet as our Berlin correspondent, Kate Connolly, explains, despite Weidel’s background – or perhaps because of it – she has risen to the top of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), picked to be its candidate for chancellor in federal elections on 23 February.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/feb/03/alice-weidel-the-far-right-banker-elon-musk-wants-as-german-chancellor-podcast
Author : Presented by Helen Pidd with Kate Connolly; produced by Eli Block and Hannah Varrall; executive producer Sami Kent
Publish date : 2025-02-03 03:00:27
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