Alice Weidel has officially become the AdG candidate for Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Alternative for Germany (AdG) party has officially endorsed Alice Weidel as a candidate for chancellor of Germany in the upcoming elections to the Bundestag. This was reported on January 11 by German portal Web.de.

"The federal party congress of the AdG in Ries unanimously elected the chairman of the party and parliamentary faction Alice Weidel as a candidate for the post of chancellor," - stated in the publication.

It is noted that for the first time in the 45-year history of the party nominated its own candidate for the post of chancellor.

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Earlier, November 25, 2024, the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) unanimously nominated the incumbent Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz as a candidate for the election.

Prior to that, on November 17, the Greens endorsed Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics Robert Habeck as a candidate for Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

On November 8, historian, political scientist and Germanist, candidate of historical sciences Eugenia Pimenova said that the most likely candidate for the post of Chancellor of Germany to replace Scholz is the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz.

Scholz announced on November 6 that early elections would be held in the country. At that time, he noted that the latest when the elections could take place is the end of March 2025. At the same time, he said he would raise the issue of a vote of confidence in the government in the Bundestag.