The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was founded by eurosceptics a decade ago, but has become more radical and firmly far right in its politics since its focus on the euro, the common European currency launched in 1999, has faded. A stridently hardline anti-immigration stance, developed during the European migration crisis of 2015-16, is now the party’s signature issue. The AfD is seen to have profited from years of concern among many German voters over the huge numbers of refugees seeking asylum in the country from war-torn countries such as Syria and Ukraine. The AfD’s manifesto states as…