The party, second in the polls ahead of the February elections, closes ranks with its candidate following Musk’s support. It is seeking to square the circle: normalization without deradicalization ...

Germany’s “firewall against the far-Right” could crumble after the frontrunner to win next month’s election said he could ...

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 ...

An immigration bill from Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz and backed controversially by the ...

Alice Weidel, candidate for chancellor for the Alternative ... Ms Weidel, however, stayed. A western AfD MP told The Telegraph Ms Weidel came from the moderate West German faction but kept her ...

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 ...

Utterly terrifying’ poll reveals Elon Musk effect pushing far-right AfD closer to power in Germany - Exclusive: New polling from Germany appears to suggest the intervention by the world’s richest man ...

US tech billionaire Elon Musk doubled down Thursday on his full-throated support for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), promoting its leader Alice Weidel during a livestream on X ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...