Editing Alice Weidel (section)

== Controversies ==

=== Accuses of paying in black ===
Following a search by the newspaper Zeit, Weidel allegedly hired a Syrian refugee as a domestic help. At first a student of Islamic sciences had been hired in Biel, she had then given her place, according to her own statements to the newspaper, to a Syrian refugee. Weidel denied the allegations and his lawyer communicated that it was a frequentation of the house for friendships and without any form of remuneration. Christian Lüth, spokesman for the AfD, pointed out that the wages for domestic help for amounts of less than 750 francs per year are tax-free and should not be reported to the cantonal pension. The student, however, stated in the newspaper that she had received a salary of more than 750 francs, and that she had always been paid in cash.

=== Affaire Extra-3 ===
After her nomination as top candidate, Alice Weidel argued that the concept of "politically correct" belonged to the "dump of history". The phrase was picked up by satirical journalist Christian Ehring in extra 3, who argued: "That's right! Let's put an end to political correctness. The Nazi slut is right. Was this incorrect enough? I hope so." The AfD declared Ehring's exit "offensive and defamatory" and announced legal recourse. Weidel's request for a temporary injunction against the NDR broadcaster was rejected by the Hamburg court.

=== The Email ===
Two weeks before the elections, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper published the text of an e-mail that Weidel had sent on February 24, 2013. The text mentions conspiracy theories belonging to the Reichsbürgerbewegung area, Sinti, Roma and Arabs are defined "peoples without culture by which we are inundated". In a first reaction Weidel denied having ever written that text following these statements the Welt newspaper presented an affidavit of the recipient, Weidel's lawyer then confirmed the exchange of communications and withdrew the falsification charges. Frauke Petry, in an interview with the Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ) expressed sympathy for the possible horror of the voters for the text of the communication, a phrase that was interpreted by the newspaper as a distancing of the candidate.