The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

In normal times, that would represent an unpardonable conflict of interest. In Trump 2.0, with a quiescent Congress and fired ...

The Tesla and SpaceX owner backs leader of the most extreme party in the fray for election crucial for the future of Europe; ...

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 ...

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties — including Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for Germany's Alternative for Germany party, presents a compelling yet contentious figure. With her contrasting personal life and political stances, she propels ...

Alice Weidel may not be the person you would imagine at the top of Germany's far-right political movement. She's gay with a Sri Lankan partner, the film-maker Sarah Bossard. And Ms Weidel ...

But soon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he stunned the room by comparing democracy in today’s Europe with Soviet-era totalitarianism, Mr Vance met Dr Alice Weidel ...