The contradictory personal life of Alice Weidel, the AfD leader who lives in Switzerland and has a Sri Lankan girlfriend
The leader of the German far right is in a relationship with Sarah Bossard despite her party's advocacy of the traditional family.
Germany turned out in large numbers at the polls this Sunday to decide its immediate political future. The results were more or less as expected: a victory for the CDU/CSU candidate, Friedrich Merz, followed by the far-right AfD, which achieved its best historical result.
At the head of Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the party’s name translates, is its leader, Alice Weidel. Had she won, Weidel would have been the first lesbian woman to be chancellor of the European giant. Something that is especially shocking for a party that is a staunch defender of the traditional family headed by a man and a woman.
Weidel has been in a relationship since 2009 with Sarah Bossard, a woman born in Sri Lanka who was adopted by a family of Swiss shepherds. In the neighbouring country she trained in Film and Media and, in fact, is a well-known audiovisual producer. Together they live in Einsiedeln (Switzerland) with their two daughters.
Despite being together for so long, the two have always agreed not to go to the altar. They also agreed that their children would not be the result of either of their pregnancies, since they are totally against fertility treatments, as they believe that it is not a natural way of conceiving.
Living in Switzerland does not seem to be an impediment to becoming a popular person in Germany. And even more so when the public empathizes with the reason for her flight: Her eldest son was harassed in the schoolyard by shouts of “fucking Nazi” because of his mother’s political position.
*This article was written in Spanish and translated with the help of AI.
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