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Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was founded in 2013 by economists and conservatives who opposed euro-zone bailouts, before pivoting decisively toward migration restriction and populist nationalism after 2015. In the February 2025 German federal elections it became Germany's second-largest party with around twenty percent of the vote. AfD forms the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group in the European Parliament, having been expelled from the Identity and Democracy group in 2024.
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Alice Weidel has been AfD's parliamentary co-leader since 2017 and party co-chairwoman since 2022. Born in 1979, she holds a doctorate in economics and worked in investment banking before entering politics. She ran as AfD's chancellor candidate in the 2025 federal election, in which AfD became Germany's second-largest party. Her disciplined, media-savvy approach has been central to AfD's mainstream breakthrough.
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Tino Chrupalla has served as AfD's federal co-chairman since 2019, sharing the party leadership with Alice Weidel. Born in 1975 in Saxony, he was a master painter before entering politics. He represents AfD's more working-class, east German base and has focused on social and economic issues alongside the party's signature migration stance.
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