Because the anti-immigrant AfD struggles to shake off accusations of Nazi sympathy, the household historical past of Alice Weidel has additionally come underneath the highlight — particularly her late grandfather, who was a outstanding navy decide underneath the Nazi regime.
Present German Chancellor Olaf Scholz introduced a federal election after the collapse of his three-party coalition in November, which included the center-left Social Democratic Occasion (SPD), the Greens and the economically liberal Free Democratic Occasion (FDP).
Polling at about 18 %, AfD is the second-most-popular occasion in Germany after the conservative bloc (CDU/CSU), which is at present polling at 32 %.
It’s the primary time within the practically 12 years of the occasion’s existence that the AfD places ahead a chancellor candidate.
