Alice Weidel
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Alice Elisabeth Weidel is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022. Since October 2017, she has held the position of leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
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Sep 22, 2026
Lean Right
The AfD co-leader declared Merz's chancellorship finished and claimed her party has replaced the CDU as Germany's dominant 'people's party'.
LR regards her as a symptom of conservative fragmentation, warning that if the French right makes the same errors, the RN will inherit the same spoils.
Sep 19, 2026
Lean Left
The far-right AfD leader's party copied Trump's playbook and won in Saxony-Anhalt, now seeking to govern.
Liberals watch AfD's rise with alarm as a template for Trump-style nationalism that they believe threatens liberal democracies, including Canada's.
Sep 8, 2026
Lean Right
AfD leader celebrates historic win in Saxe-Anhalt.
LR fears her radical neo-Nazi agenda, which delegitimizes conservative alternatives across Europe.
Sep 8, 2026
Center
Co-leader of Alternative for Germany, which recently clinched a resounding victory in Saxony-Anhalt's regional election.
Lib Dems condemn her party's far-right extremism and euroscepticism, seeing it as a threat to liberal democracy and European unity.
Sep 7, 2026
Lean Left
Weidel's AfD is close to winning a state election in eastern Germany, potentially bringing the first far-right state government.
Labour views AfD's rise as a warning against austerity and anti-immigration rhetoric, reinforcing their commitment to progressive governance.
Aug 7, 2026
Far Left
Her AfD is surging in German state polls as the migration backlash intensifies ahead of next month's elections.
Far left analysis reads the AfD not as a starting point but as the result of lauded center parties adopting austerity and scapegoating, making Weidel's rise a structural failure of liberal order.