Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

The leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) has said it will be the largest party in Germany by the next election after the far-Right movement finished second to the mainstream conservatives in Sunday’s federal election.

Riding on the back of that success, the party is now calling for an end to the consensus in German politics not to work with the far right. That "firewall" - Brandmauer in German - has worked since the end of World War Two,