Alice Weidel‚ the new chancellor-hopeful of Germanys AfD party brings an unexpected twist to far-right politics. A business-smart economist with fluent Mandarin skills she doesnt fit the usual party image
Her life-story reads different from typical right-wing leaders: raising kids with her Sri Lankan partner while holding a PhD from China (where she studied the pension system)‚ and having worked at big-name companies like Goldman Sachs. This west-German native now leads a movement thats strongest in the east
Recent polls show AfD getting about 17% support - putting them right behind the main conservative party but way ahead of current Chancellor Scholzs team. With elections coming up in Feb-23-2025 Weidel thinks her party can make real changes by twenty-nine
Her political views mix different ideas: she likes Margaret Thatchers work‚ wants less government control and thinks Germany should maybe leave the EU. She also doesnt like the current climate-change rules and wants strict limits on who can come to Germany
Burqas girls in headscarves knife-wielding men on government benefits and other good-for-nothing people are not going to ensure our prosperity
Being part of a same-sex family (which her party usually doesnt support) hasnt stopped her success. She just doesnt talk much about it - focusing instead on other topics that matter to AfD voters. Some experts say this makes her good at reaching different groups: she can talk nice with regular media but also knows how to get her message to more extreme supporters on social-media