One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

The leader of the German far right is in a relationship with Sarah Bossard despite her party's advocacy of the traditional ...

Germany’s federal elections took place this weekend, with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel is a striking contrast to the party she represents. A ...

Berlin (AFP) – As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an ...

But soon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he stunned the room by comparing democracy in today’s ...

Alice Weidel, the leader of German far-right party AfD, held secret meetings with Chinese envoy to Germany for years. It has ...

Image: CDU party leader Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel debate on stage. Pic: Reuters But it would be wrong to consider her a moderate. She may have joined the AfD because of its economic policies ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

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 ...

"Under Alice Weidel, the party has lost its horror for many voters, and Weidel's numerous TV appearances have accelerated the normalisation of the AfD," it said. Weidel in January took part in a ...