- Title: Alice Weidel nominated as AfD's chancellor candidate
- Date: 11th January 2025
- Summary: WOMEN AND CHILD HOLDING HIJAZI'S PHOTOS DURING FUNERAL ELDERLY WOMAN CRYING NIDAL EZZEDDIN WAVING AT HER SON'S COFFIN WOMEN CRYING DURING FUNERAL (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOTHER OF HEZBOLLAH MEMBER HASSAN GHASSAN HIJAZI WHO WAS KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKE, NIDAL EZZEDDIN, SAYING: "By God, I would like to thank God Almighty for the generosity He has given us. This is certainly the
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- Keywords: afd alice weidel chancellor candidate nomination party congress protest riesa
- Location: RIESA, GERMANY
- City: RIESA, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA009245911012025RP1
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- Story Text: Germany's far-right AfD nominated co-leader Alice Weidel as their chancellor candidate on Saturday (January 11) at a party congress in the eastern German city of Riesa.
The party meeting was streamed live on Elon Musk's platform X, Weidel told delegates.
Musk hosted a discussion with Weidel on his X platform on Thursday (January 9) which was watched by the European Commission to check for any spreading of misinformation before next month's German election.
In Weidel's speech after her official nomination at the party congress, she vowed to close borders, end the energy transition and abandon EU climate policy, called for longer operating times for coal-fired power plants and the reopening of Nordstream.
Earlier scuffles had erupted between protesters trying to stop AfD delegates from entering the congress venue, following a protest call from a group of several NGOs. "If we are at the helm, we will tear down all wind power plants. Down with these windmills of shame!", Weidel exclaimed to a cheering audience.
The AfD comes second at 21.5% in a recent INSA poll ahead of the February 23 general election, with the CDU in the lead.
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