Published on January 12, 2025 at 12:26 p.m. / Modified on January 12, 2025 at 12:27.
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There will have been no opposing voices. Saturday January 11, Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was confirmed as a “candidate for chancellor” by the 600 delegates from her party, gathered at a national congress in Riesa, in Saxony-Anhalt. No electronic voting, opponents of this candidacy had to stand up to indicate their disagreement. No one did it or dared to do it.
On the contrary, in the room, an atmosphere of jubilation reigned during Alice Weidel’s speech, one of the most radical of her career. For about twenty minutes, this 45-year-old politician promised to “cut down all the wind turbines of shame” if her party were to come to power, to close all university departments working on gender issues, to “completely close the borders of Germany” and to carry out “large-scale expulsions”. “If it has to be called remigration, then it is called re-mi-gra-tion” she said, triggering applause and a standing ovation from the room.
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