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Alice Weidel

Role
AfD co-leader
Lived
1979–
Country of activity
Germany Germany
Strongest axis
Markets 83%

Alice Weidel has co-chaired Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) since 2022 and became Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag in May 2025. She campaigns for sharply restricted asylum, tax cuts, nuclear and coal power, and a conditional referendum on EU membership.

In the 12 Axes register, Alice Weidel leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.

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The twelve axes

Where Alice Weidel sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

Works within Germany's federal system as a Bundestag leader

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Seeks Swiss-style referendums alongside parliamentary rule

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Called COVID curbs 'pre-democratic'; backs banning full-face veils

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism 83%

Nationalist

Proposes a referendum on German EU exit if reforms fail

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

Backs peacetime conscription, but only under an AfD government

Assimilationist 83%Multiculturalist

Monoculturalist

Advocates 'Fortress Europe' and sharply restricted asylum

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 83%

Capitalist

Champions tax cuts and abolishing the inheritance tax

PlannedMarkets 83%

Free Market

Opposes a statutory minimum wage

IsolationismGlobalism

Moderate

Wants Russia sanctions ended and Nord Stream reopened

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

Agnostic; calls AfD 'the only Christian party' still existing

ProgressiveTraditional 68%

Conservative

Opposes same-sex marriage while accepting civil partnerships

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

Pledges to restart nuclear plants and coal power

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Planned – Markets

On Planned – Markets, Alice Weidel is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Alice Weidel is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].