Alice Weidel: the far-right banker Elon Musk wants as German chancellor

爱丽丝·韦德尔(Alice Weidel):极右翼银行家埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)想要作为德国总理

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2025-02-03

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Berlin correspondent Kate Connolly charts the rise of Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland candidate for chancellor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is the Guardian.

  • Today.

  • Who is Anglis Weidel, the wolf in sheep's clothing, who wants to become Chancellor of Germany?

  • In the East German city of Halle last month,

  • the most significant figure in far right German politics

  • for decades launched her bid to become the next German Chancellor.

  • Make Germany great again.

  • In a smart blue suit with her blonde hair scraped back into a bun, Alice Vidal,

  • the charismatic leader of The Anti Immigration AfD party made a heart sign with her hands.

  • Her eyes glistened as a packed out hall chanted her name.

  • She announced she would switch to English to welcome a special guest.

  • Hello.

  • Hello.

  • Hey, Count.

  • The richest man in the world wanted to say hello.

  • Well,

  • first of all I wanted to really say

  • that I'm very excited for the ifd and I think you're really the best hope for Germany.

  • Elon Musk had a message for the AfD faithful.

  • Something I think that is just very important is that people take pride in.