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The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino ...

Washington: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, known for his political endorsements, has now extended support to Alice ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel in September boycotted an event commemorating the liberation from Nazism, explaining it was akin to celebrating “my own country’s defeat.” Party founder and honorary ...

The war of words between tech billionaire Elon Musk and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is intensifying as the days pass. On Tuesday (Jan 21), Musk and Scholz had yet another squabble. Addressing the ...

“Only the AfD can save Germany,” he wrote on X. Musk recently invited Alice Weidel, the leader of AfD onto his platform evening for a discussion covering everything from energy policy to the party's ...

Speaking at the AfD congress, Weidel vowed to tear down all of Germany's "windmills of shame." She called for Germany to boost the use of fossil fuels, including Russian gas, and bring back ...

Here is a brief overview of Musk’s past entanglement with Nazi controversies: In the second week of January 2025, Musk hosted a live chat with Germany’s far-right candidate Alice Weidel on his ...

The protests are directed against the appearance of chancellor candidate and AfD national spokesperson Weidel at an AfD election campaign event in Hamburg City Hall. Marcus Brandt/dpa ...