Weidel became a member of the Bundestag MdB in the federal election , where she was the AfD's lead candidate alongside Alexander Gauland.
In , she received a doctorate in international development. He donated a total of , euros by means of straw men for the federal election campaign of Alice Weidel.
Conle disguised his donation from Switzerland in 18 tranches. In January , Weidel fired advisor Roland Hartwig after he attended a controversial meeting with German far-right activists in which plans to deport millions of people living in Germany were discussed.
Weidel vigorously defends economic liberalism and declares former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to be her role model. In terms of economic policy, Weidel argued against the abolition of cash. During the euro area crisis , she called for economically weak states, such as Greece, [ 18 ] Spain, and Portugal to leave or be expelled from the Eurozone.
Weidel expresses support for tax cuts and the abolition of inheritance tax and opposes the minimum wage.
