One of Europe's most polarizing figures is Alice Weidel, the leader of the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD. The far ...

Once a year on her birthday, Alice Weidel sits down with her wife over a glass of red wine. The couple ask themselves: Is it all worth it? The hatred, the anonymous threats, the public exposure. At ...

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 election.

Far-right AfD names co-chief Alice Weidel chancellor candidate Partnered with Sri Lankan woman, she is unlikely AfD public face Believes AfD has realistic chance at governing in 2029 Fan of UK's ...

MUNICH — She has two children with a Sri Lankan-born woman, speaks Chinese and previously worked at global financial institutions — an unconventional profile for the leader of a male-dominated ...

Ms Weidel’s charisma alone does not explain the AfD’s rise—indeed she is an uninspiring speaker. The 12-year-old party, like others on the hard right in Europe, has benefited from widespread anger ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

FROM HER sixth-floor office next to the Bundestag Alice Weidel looks west over an expanse of winter-brown treetops. This is the Tiergarten, Berlin’s most famous park. At its centre rises a 67-metre ...

Germany's far-right AfD party now polls higher than each of the three parties now governing Germany. It is another example of the spread of populism across Europe. The far-right political party in ...

Alice Weidel is far-right AfD's first chancellor candidate Partnered with Sri Lankan woman, she is unlikely AfD public face Seen leading AfD to historic result in Sunday's election Believes AfD has ...