The far-right, anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) re-elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as co-leaders on Saturday, with the party using its national conference to underline its ambitions

Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla are to lead the AfD together for another two years. At a federal party conference in Essen on Saturday, almost 83% of delegates voted in favor of Chrupalla. Weidel received almost 80 percent of votes in favor.

Protests planned in Erfurt where delegates will celebrate party’s rise to become the country’s most popular political force

By John O'Donnell BERLIN, June 30 (Reuters) - Germany should end a boycott of Russian oil and gas to bolster its flagging economy, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel, told Reuters as she outlined the party's ambitions to lead a national government.

The Alternative for Deutschland, the rising right-wing party of Germany, is pitching an end to boycotts on Russian energy as its leader lays out her road map to leading the national government. AfD leader Alice Weidel said in an interview Tuesday that she is highly optimistic about upcoming state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,

Germany's political battle over Russia has taken a dramatic turn. AfD leader Alice Weidel has called for restoring Russian oil and gas imports, arguing that cheap energy once powered Germany's economic success.

Shortly before his expulsion from the party, Alexander Eichwald has spoken out again with a half-hour YouTube video. In it, he publicly settles the score with his own party - and calls AfD leader Tino Chrupalla "spineless".