AfD Federal Party Congress: Weidel elected as candidate for chancellor

As the AfD elects its chancellor candidate, the far-right party looms large over German politics

And so now it is certain. Alice Weidel will lead her far-right party into Germany's general election next month.

At the AfD federal party conference in Riesa, Saxony, federal chairwoman Weidel was officially chosen as candidate for chancellor. The 45-year-old was elected by acclamation by around 600 delegates. It is the first time that the AfD has entered the federal election campaign with its own candidate for the chancellorship.

Weidel was unanimously elected and, in her speech, she re-listed some of the party's main flags, such as the closing of borders and large scale deportations. The content Germany. Alice Weidel is the AfD's candidate for elections in February and appears first in Jornal i.

As expected, Alice Weidel was elected as the candidate for chancellor at the AfD party conference in Riesa. Co-party leader Chrupalla sees her as "the future chancellor".

The party congress of the German political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has officially elected Alice Weidel as the chancellor's candidate.

For the first time in its history, the AfD has nominated a female candidate for chancellor. At the party conference in Riesa, party leader Alice Weidel was unanimously elected. In her speech, she described the measures she wanted to implement in the first 100 days after taking over the government.