(11 Jan 2025)
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Riesa, Germany – 11 January 2025
1. Wide of AfD delegates standing up to elect Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor
2. Alice Weidel waving
3. Man holding sign reading (German) “Chancellor of the hearts”
4. Weidel standing next to co-leader Tino Chrupalla
5. Wide of AfD delegates cheering
6. Weidel waving German flag
7. Wide of Weidel on stage
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, Alternative for Germany party leader:
"I would like to thank the regional speakers for the trust they have placed in me, and I would like to thank you all for braving the left-wing mob today and coming in here to vote."
9. Wide of delegates clapping
10. AfD local leader Björn Höcke clapping
11. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, Alternative for Germany party leader:
"We have a plan for the future for Germany, which we will tackle in the first 100 days of government: close the borders completely and reject every illegal and undocumented traveller. And a very clear message to the whole world: Germany’s borders are closed, dear friends, they are closed."
12. Wide of Weidel on stage
13. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, Alternative for Germany party leader:
"Cancelling social benefits for non-residents and carrying out large-scale repatriations. And I have to tell you quite honestly, if it needs to be called remigration, then it will be called remigration.’"
14. Wide of Weidel on stage and crowd cheering
15. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, Alternative for Germany party leader:
"We know you, dear CDU, and I can tell you that when we are at the helm, we will tear down all wind turbines. Down with these windmills of shame."
16. AfD delegates clapping
17. Wide of Weidel on stage
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, Alternative for Germany party leader:
‘We will campaign together with all our strength. We will campaign for our party, for our country, for our children, for the future of a strong, secure and rich Germany.’
19. AfD logo
20. Wide of Weidel on stage with delegates
21. Weidel on stage
STORYLINE:
The German far-right Alternative for Germany party, AfD, formally nominated co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor by acclamation at a convention held in Riesa, Saxony on Saturday.
Thousands of people demonstrated against the convention, blocking some roads and delaying the meeting’s start as it and other major parties launched their campaigns for the country’s election next month.
A heavy police presence was in place in Riesa, the eastern state of Saxony, a stronghold for the AfD — and officers cleared some sit-down blockades. However, the two-day convention started a little over two hours late as many delegates’ trips to the venue were slowed.
Weidel, who was among those held up, thanked delegates for “defying the left-wing mob and getting here.”
Polls show AfD in second place ahead in the Feb. 23 election, with about 20% support. However, Weidel — who this week held a live chat with tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has endorsed the party, on his X platform — has no realistic chance of becoming Germany’s leader as other parties refuse to work with AfD.
It is the mainstream conservative opposition Union bloc that leads polls with around 30% and its candidate, Friedrich Merz, is the favorite to become the next chancellor.
The Union is focusing on boosting Germany’s stagnant economy in particular and on reducing irregular migration. Weidel assailed it as a “party of fraudsters” Saturday, urging people to “vote for the original” and strengthen her party.
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