Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Tino Chrupalla has described his party’s result in the European elections as “historic.” According to exit polls shortly after 6 pm (1600 GMT) on Sunday, the AfD came in second place with around 16-16.5% of the vote, compared to 11% in 2019, also beating Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. “We have achieved a super result, and I think it will go even higher in the course of the evening. So we won’t be giving up second place today,” Chrupalla said. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel spoke of a “super result.” A few months ago, the party wa…