Skip next section AfD’s Weidel decries ‘voter fraud’02/17/2025February 17, 2025
AfD’s Weidel decries ‘voter fraud’
AfD leader Alice Weidel echoed other right-wing leaders in recent years by using the in an interview with German tabloid Bild.
She said that the CDU’s plan to ally with the Greens once the election was over, even though the AfD is set to come in second, was ignoring voters’ wishes.
“It is the will of the people to have a black-blue coalition,” she said, referring to the colors associated with the CDU and her own party, respectively.
She added that voters should know that “a vote for Friedrich Merz is also a vote for the Greens.”
https://p.dw.com/p/4qZeB
Skip next section Top candidates to face public questions02/17/2025February 17, 2025
Top candidates to face public questions
A day after their televised debate, the four candidates for chancellor are set to participate in a town hall-style question round on Monday evening.
They will take questions from voters live on public broadcaster ARD.
There has been some public criticism that the candidates from smaller parties, such as the , , and the , were not asked to participate.
All three are fighting for survival, hovering in the polls around the 5% hurdle necessary to enter the Bundestag.
https://p.dw.com/p/4qZcN
Skip next section What happened over the weekend?02/17/2025February 17, 2025
What happened over the weekend?
The top four candidates for chancellor appeared on live television together for the first time to participate in a debate.
The CDU’s , the AfD’s , Green party candidate and incumbent Chancellor of the SPD sparred on issues including the economy, the war in Ukraine, and irregular migration.
Weidel struck a very different tone from her rivals when it came to US President and the invasion of Ukraine, calling the president the “right man” to bring about peace and insisting that Germany should be “neutral” in the conflict.
The candidates also sparred over Germany’s — a key factor in Scholz’s coalition collapsing last November — and how the country should source its energy needs.
https://p.dw.com/p/4qZbQ
The post German election: Top candidates face public town hall appeared first on Deutsche Welle.
