Leaked emails show AfD co-leader’s U-turn on ‘explosive’ nationalist colleague

Alice Weidel, a prominent figure in the far-right AfD, initially criticized party leader Björn Höcke for his extremist views but later supported him, calling a ban on him exaggerated. This change is revealed through leaked internal communications from the AfD, where Weidel expressed concerns about Höcke's rhetoric driving away mainstream voters.