Alice Weidel, Germany’s most vilified—and powerful—female politician
The hard-right AfD co-leader’s popularity (and that of her party) increased as she became more radical
LAST WEEKEND thousands of Germans took to the streets—again—to protest against the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. On February 8th at least 250,000 rallied at the Theresienwiese in Munich, the site of Oktoberfest. On the same day, a march organised by Omas gegen Rechts (Grandmothers against the Right), attracted 24,000 people in Hanover. Two days later 10,000 protested in the university town of Freiburg, as the AfD held a meeting nearby.
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