Alice Weidel

During a live conversation with Elon Musk on X, Weidel claimed that Hitler was in fact a communist and that National Socialism was left-wing. Historians and fact-checkers described the claim as historically false and revisionist.

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The AfD parliamentary group doubled Weidel's and Chrupalla's monthly supplements from 6 000 to 12 000 euros, in addition to their parliamentary allowances. The decision drew criticism over its consistency with the party's earlier attacks on political remuneration.

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During ARD's Sommerinterview, Weidel cited several figures concerning Syrians allegedly eligible for deportation, Bürgergeld recipients and spending on Ukraine. ARD-Faktenfinder concluded that several statements were false, overly general or misleading.

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An AfD strategy document described a route to power involving deepening divisions within the CDU/CSU–SPD coalition and conducting a Kulturkampf against the left. During her summer interview, Weidel was confronted with the suggestion that the stated objective was to polarise the country.

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Roland Hartwig, a close associate and adviser to Weidel, attended the Potsdam meeting where radical activists discussed 'remigration'. Following the revelations, the AfD announced the immediate termination of his contract by mutual agreement.

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Before the 2017 elections, the AfD's Bodensee district association received approximately 132 000 euros in payments from Swiss companies bearing the reference 'Wahlkampfspende Alice Weidel Social Media'. The Berlin Administrative Court upheld a penalty of approximately 396 000 euros against the AfD for irregular anonymous donations.

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Weidel declared in the Bundestag that 'Burkas, Kopftuchmädchen und alimentierte Messermänner' would not guarantee German prosperity. The Bundestag President issued a formal reprimand (Ordnungsruf) for discrimination against all women wearing headscarves; her appeal was rejected by 549 votes to 85.

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After calling for an end to 'political correctness', Weidel was attacked in deliberately outrageous terms by the satirical programme extra 3. She sought to ban the repeated use of the phrase, but the Hamburg Regional Court dismissed her application on grounds of satirical freedom and political criticism.

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Welt am Sonntag reported the existence of a 2013 email attributed to Weidel containing racist remarks and describing government members as 'puppets of the victorious powers'. Her entourage initially called it a forgery; a few days later her lawyer no longer explicitly maintained that characterisation.

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DIE ZEIT reported that Weidel had allegedly paid a Syrian asylum seeker cash in hand to work as a domestic helper in Switzerland, triggering particularly strong controversy given the AfD's anti-immigration position.