People & Power investigates the reasons for the rise of the extreme right in Germany.
For the first time since the 1930s, the extreme right has been on the verge of a national electoral breakthrough in Germany. The February SNAP parliamentary elections are looming, opinion polls putting the alternative for Germany (AFD) that started second with around 18 to 20%.
AFD is anti-immigration, an anti-European union, often pro-Putine and is monitored by German intelligence agencies. Could dissatisfaction with traditional policy and economic stagnation place a German far-right party for the first time since the Second World War? Most parts exclude power sharing with AFD. More than 100 deputies support the move to prohibit AFD for “extremism”. But how long will the party be ostracized if it continues to browse popularity nationwide?
People and power Travel through Germany, visiting the AFD Party Convention, its hearts to the east, and speaks to the communities of refugees who feel more and more vulnerable to a new wave of anti-immigrant feeling.
