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Alice Weidel: the AfD is “not an extreme party”
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WHY IT MATTERS.
AfD polling strength raises European political risk, which can affect EU assets and the euro.
German political shift is a slow-burn EU risk
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German elections and polling
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Some members of Alternative for Germany, which is leading German opinion polls, have been linked neo-Nazi groups. The party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, told The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, that accusations there are extremists within the AfD are “completely unfounded”. #Ger
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