Editing Alice Weidel (section)

=== 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.