Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party confirms Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor.
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00:00The Alternative for Germany party has officially elected Alice Weidel as its right-wing candidate
00:07for Chancellor during a two-day party conference in Riesa.
00:11The announcement of her candidacy came after the gathering was delayed by more than one
00:15hour due to anti-AfD protests.
00:19Polls show AfD in second place in the upcoming election, with about 20 percent support.
00:24However, Weidel has a low chance of becoming Germany's Chancellor, as other parties have
00:28refused to work with the AfD.
00:32Leading the polls is the conservative CDU with its leader Friedrich Merz, who called
00:36for fundamental change to German politics at the CDU's conference in Hamburg.
00:42In Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz targeted the CDU at the centre-left SPD conference.
00:47After Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in November, polls show that support for his
01:05party sits at around 14 to 17 percent.