The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino ...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany. Photo: JENS SCHLUETE/AFP. As someone born in West Germany who is openly gay and has a non-German partner, Alice Weidel is in ...

Weidel's private life reveals contradictions some argue clash with the traditional values of the far-right movement. She has lived abroad, is openly in a same-sex relationship, and splits her time ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alice Weidel could not have hoped for a better backdrop to her coronation as the candidate for chancellor ...

BERLIN — Tech billionaire Elon Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference on Thursday, hosting Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), on his ...

Alice Weidel - a 45-year-old economist who is in a same-sex relationship - has sought to polish the rougher edges of her party On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern town ...

Elon Musk defied a chorus of international criticism and jumped into Germany’s election with both boots, telling an online audience that far-right leader Alice Weidel was “the leading candidate” to ...

Musk wrote in the opinion piece, according to an English translation by Reuters, "The portrayal of the AfD as right-wing extremist is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party's ...

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel joined the interview virtually from her office in Berlin Elon Musk took his endorsement of Germany's far-right party to the next level on Thursday, hosting a live chat ...

Musk, who worked last year to help reelect Donald Trump in the United States, told Alice Weidel, a co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party and its candidate for chancellor, that he was ...

Riesa (Germany) (AFP) – As someone born in West Germany who is openly gay and has a non-German partner, Alice Weidel is in some ways a surprising choice as the far-right AfD's candidate for ...