AFD
As Chancellor Angela Merkel looks to form a government, the anti-Islam AfD stands to gain.
Roma in Germany face racism, invisibilization and the threat of deportation.
She threw shade on the idea that they make societies more vibrant.
AfD owes much of its success in recent elections to Angela Merkel’s widely unpopular refugee policy.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Exit polls show a stinging defeat for the German leader's party.
Last month, the Central Council of Muslims likened the AfD's attitude towards Muslims to that of Adolf Hitler's Nazis towards the Jews.
"For the first time since Hitler's Germany, there is a party which is discrediting and existentially threatening a religious community."
The Alternative for Germany party has surged in popularity amid Europe's refugee crisis.