It’s a huge kindergarten here,’ says the party’s Alice Weidel, to whom the chancellor won’t speak.

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Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, gives a press statement in Berlin on May 5. JOHN MACDOUGALL/Getty Images What To Know After the collapse of Germany's ...

Comparing Weidel to her self-declared hero, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, professor Werner J. Patzelt, the research director at the right-leaning Belgium-based think tank MCC ...

Alice Weidel might not be what you would expect as co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. She's gay with a Sri Lankan partner and is not a full-time resident of the country.

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It is now set to be the main opposition party, and that will mean a more prominent role for its co-leader Alice Weidel. DW's Matthew Moore takes a closer look at the woman who's become the public ...

Alice Weidel, a gay woman with a Sri Lankan partner, leads Germany's far-right AfD, which opposes same-sex marriage and champions traditional values. Her leadership has bolstered the AfD's support ...

Graduating with a business and finance degree in 2004, Ms Weidel went on to work for Goldman Sachs, Allianz Global and Bank of China, spending eight years in the country.

Ms Weidel was born in Gutersloh, a city of around 100,000 people roughly halfway between Dortmund and Hanover, where she said she was constantly insulted and abused by immigrants from the Middle East.