AfD's Weidel Secures Retraction and Legal Costs From Left Party Chair Over False Tax Claim
Ines Schwerdtner acknowledged error after lawsuit and agreed to pay legal fees. Welt TV removed the interview segment.
zerohedge.comAlice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party, obtained a retraction and legal-cost payment from Ines Schwerdtner, federal chairwoman of the Left Party, after Schwerdtner stated on Welt TV that Weidel neither lives in Germany nor pays taxes there.
” Weidel’s lawyers at the Höcker law firm sent a warning letter stating the claim was false because Weidel maintains her primary residence in Germany and pays taxes in the Federal Republic of Germany. The firm then filed suit on behalf of Weidel and the AfD seeking an injunction, demanding that Schwerdtner ensure deletion of the passage from the broadcaster’s archive and acknowledge a claim for damages.
Schwerdtner undertook to refrain from repeating the false statement that Weidel does not pay taxes in Germany and confirmed that she would transfer the legal fees within one week. Welt TV subsequently deleted the interview segment containing the disputed remarks.
” Weidel spends much of her time with her family in Switzerland but keeps her primary residence in Germany; she has maintained a low public profile because of a high threat level and documented security concerns.
A survey conducted last week placed the AfD at 42 percent support in Saxony, twice the level recorded for the second-place Christian Democrats. A separate May 2026 national poll showed the AfD at 29 percent and the CDU/CSU at 22 percent.
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