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Identity Politics and the Far-Right: The Strange Case of Alice Weidel — Pi Media

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Alice Weidel appears to be the poster child for a globalised, socially liberal society; an economist who has worked across Asia, and now lives between Berlin and Switzerland with her partner, a Sri Lankan-born woman, and their two adopted children. Yet she is also the leader of the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazis, one which staunchly opposes immigration, political correctness, and gay marriage. Reconciling her personal and political life is an exercise in mental gymnastics. The AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) reject gay marriage and wish to draw back transgender rights, yet Weidel is more than willing utilise her sexuality as proof of her party’s supposed tolerance. Not only that, but she also attempts to justify this glaring contradiction by claiming the biggest threat to the LGBT+ community is immigration and Islam, that her role in the party is ‘not despite her homosexuality but because of it’. This is a classic AfD tactic; using any oppo

Identity Politics and the Far-Right: The Strange Case of Alice Weidel Image Courtesy: Sandro Halank via Wikimedia Commons Alice Weidel appears to be the poster child for a globalised, socially liberal society; an economist who has worked across Asia, and now lives between Berlin and Switzerland with her partner, a Sri Lankan-born woman, and their two adopted children. Yet she is also the leader of the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazis , one which staunchly opposes immigration, political correctness, and gay marriage. Reconciling her personal and political

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