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Profile – Alice Weidel – BBC Sounds

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Mark Coles profiles Alice Weidel, the some say, unlikely joint leader and public face of the far right, nationalist AfD – the Alternative for Germany party.

Weidel’s a right wing populist and a self confessed fan of Margaret Thatcher. Yet in some respects, particularly when it comes to her private life is seemingly at odds with, almost the antithesis of what her party stands for.

Her supporters don’t seem to mind. Weidel and the AfD have notched up a series of big win in local elections this month, including Saxony Anhalt, causing huge headaches for beleaguered German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s, Christian Democratic Union.

With the AfD currently topping opinion polls, many are now wondering out loud if Weidel could become Germany’s first far right leader since the Second World War.

Production team:
Producers: Ben Carter and Bethan Ashmead
Sound mix: James Beard
Production co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele
Editor: Justine Lang

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