07/21/2025July 21, 2025Far-right AfD want new interview following protest disruption
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called for a new television interview to be held, after protesters on Sunday drowned leader Alice Weidel‘s “summer interview” in Berlin.
Each year, broadcaster ARD holds annual televised question and answer sessions with the country’s main political parties.
However, as Weidel was preparing to begin the interview on a terrace in Berlin’s government quarter, demonstrators arrived nearby.
They broke into loud singing, dancing, and chanting and made it difficult for Weidel to hear the questions she was being asked.
“In such a situation, ARD should have moved to a studio to ensure a fair, uninterrupted interview,” Markus Frohnmaier, the AfD’s deputy parliamentary group leader, told news portal Politico.
“I expect the conversation to be repeated under fair conditions,” Weidel said.
Meanwhile, the general secretary of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) who lead Germany’s coalition government, said it was better for democracy to hear her views.
“If you want to strengthen the AfD, go ahead and disrupt these interviews,” Carsten Linnemann told broadcasters RTL/ntv.