The AfD’s unusual China connection Alice Weidel, leader of Germany’s AfD, spent six years in the People’s Republic. Share. Journey to the east Photograph: Getty Images.

Elon Musk is hosting Alice Weidel in an interview on X, helping boost far-right narratives across Europe. ... lives in a lesbian partnership and completed a research stay in China.

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 ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration party that depicts itself as a defender of ...

Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD. As Germany heads to the polls, a look at the politician cultivating the anti-immigrant party’s ‘image of competence’.

Weidel, who studied Chinese, held regular meetings with the former Chinese ambassador to Berlin. Early in her career, she lived in Beijing and worked for the state-owned Bank of China.

With a snap general election looming in the new year, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will officially nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate to be chancellor on Saturday.

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.

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 ...

Alice Weidel, the first ever candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the post of Chancellar, lives with her partner and two children in Switzerland.

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration party that depicts itself as a defender of ...