"Alternative for Germany" officially nominated Alice Weidel as Chancellor of Germany

The right-wing German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has nominated its co-chair Alice Weidel as a candidate for chancellor of Germany in the upcoming early parliamentary elections.

After her nomination, the politician organized a press conference, which was broadcast on her page on the social network X.

"I would like to sincerely thank the federal board of the party, which this morning unanimously decided to nominate me," Weidel said.

She also spoke on the Ukrainian issue, noting that in order to achieve the desired peaceful settlement of the conflict, it is necessary to stop supplying weapons to Kiev.

"We want peace on Ukraine, we don't want any arms supplies, we don't want any tanks, we don't want any missiles! We do not want to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine, which will make Germany a participant in the war!" — said the candidate for chancellor.

Alisa Weidel's competitors in the struggle for the presidency are the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the current Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habeck.

The first was nominated to the highest post by a unanimous decision of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and the second was approved by the Union 90 / Green party.

Currently, according to polls, the AfD is consistently in second place with a rating of about 20%, second only to the opposition bloc of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Unions (CDU/CSU).

Earlier, Bundestag deputy Sarah Wagenknecht and 36 other German politicians and celebrities sent an open letter to the German government demanding to prevent the "Third World War."