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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is bringing forward its national party conference from March to January in light of early parliamentary elections set for February 23, co-party leader Alice Weidel said on Tuesday. Weidel did not give an exact date or location for the meeting, which will decide the anti-immigration and Russia-friendly party’s election programme. The AfD is expected to officially nominate Weidel as its candidate for chancellor there. Germany is set to head to the polls in just over three months following the recent collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coal…

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