When it won in Thuringia in September, it became the first far-right party to get the most votes in a state election since the Nazi period.
Despite a number of scandals connected to its leadership, the victory was achieved. The nation’s domestic intelligence service keeps an eye on the party in case it has extremist elements.
A German court has twice convicted party leader Björne Höcke guilty of intentionally using Nazi terminology. The decisions have been appealed by him.
Maximilian Krah, the party’s front-runner, was also had to stop campaigning in May when he said in an Italian publication that the Nazis’ main paramilitary group,
The SS, were “not all criminals.” Another contender was accused of accepting payments from a pro-Russian news website, and one of his assistants was also accused of spying for China.
Last year, when Musk chastised the German government for its treatment of illegal immigrants, he also expressed support for the AfD.
