AFD has nominated former football player Berthold as a candidate for president of Germany

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has nominated former national football team player Thomas Berthold as a candidate for the post of president of Germany. This was announced on November 14 by the co-chairman of the political force Alice Weidel.

"Thomas Berthold is the candidate of the Alternative for Germany party for the post of federal president. <...> In his person we have found a candidate from the very thick of society who can truly represent all Germans," she wrote on the social network X (former. Twitter).

According to Weidel, the AFD leadership deliberately chose a candidate who does not belong to any political party. She stressed that this decision is related to the desire to ensure changes in the country's leadership.

The AfD co-chair also stated that renewal as President of Germany should take place regardless of inter-party agreements and the influence of previous political associations.

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The AFD's plans to nominate Berthold as a presidential candidate were reported by the Bild newspaper the day before. At the same time, the former athlete, according to journalists, has practically no chance of becoming head of state. Bild noted that the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union bloc had nominated Ilse Aigner, chairman of the Bavarian Landtag, who was supported by the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Greens.