German anti-immigration AfD party must root out extremism, risks sinking: co-leader

A leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) warned on Sunday that his party risked disintegrating if it failed to root out extremism as mainstream politicians called for intelligence services to monitor some of its members. The AfD was founded in 2013 to oppose European bailouts but gained support in the past year as more than a million refugees arrived in Germany. It has recently suffered in the polls due to a power struggle among its leaders and a public row over anti-Semitism.

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