Alice Weidel doesn’t fit the profile of a far-right politician. The German AfD is willing to look past it.
She has two children with a Sri Lankan-born woman, speaks Chinese and previously worked at global financial institutions — an ...
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Who is Alice Weidel? All the facts about Germany’s far-right AfD leader and her girlfriend
Here’s everything you need to know about AfD leader Alice Weidel. Weidel joined the party in October 2013, previously saying she was first attracted to the party due to her opposition to the Euro.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Swiss-based ex-banker who leads Germany’s far right: Alice Weidel plays the long game
Seven minutes into Alice Weidel’s first big election interview, the 46-year-old delivered the meme of the campaign: rolling her eyes on live television. The lead candidate for the far-right ...
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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 ...