AfD’s co-leader Tino Chrupalla to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday

Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Tino Chrupalla will be attending US President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, the party confirmed to Euronews on Thursday.

Meanwhile, co-leader and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel will be staying behind in Germany to concentrate on the election campaign despite also receiving an invitation.

Deputy chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group Beatrix von Storch will also attend the event. 

So far, neither Chancellor Olaf Scholz nor German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier have been invited.

Scholz was one of the last European politicians to congratulate Trump on his re-election on X platform in November, only after French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did the same.