Thatcher is icon for AfD

Alice Weidel, a leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has said the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is her political role model, saying Thatcher got Britain back on its feet when it was facing economic ruin.

Weidel told  Bild am Sonntag that her party, which won seats in the Bundestag for the first time after capturing nearly 13 per cent of the vote, aimed to be ready to join a coalition government by 2021.