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The Rise of the Right: Populism in Germany - BBC News (2019)

May 8, 2019 | A new wave of far-right politics is sweeping across Europe, promising to smash the ruling elite, end migration and shake-up the EU. But are these parties fuelling hate?

The Nine’s Europe Correspondent Jean Mackenzie travels across the continent, to find out why these movements are surging - meeting the people celebrating their rise and those fighting to stop them.

The first in this series comes from Germany, where the far-right party the AfD is now Germany’s main opposition. We ask whether their place in Parliament is emboldening more extreme groups.

Reported by Jean Mackenzie
Produced by Sara Monetta
Filmed and Edited by Andy Smythe