Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote

An AfD lawmaker once told me that if they got a shot at regional government, then people would see the "sky won't fall in".Some of the movement's detractors may disagree. Its plans, for Saxony-Anhalt, are highly controversial within Germany.ReutersThese AfD supporters believe their party will save GermanyThe party wants to segregate child Refugees into special classes: "The refugee children should be given the message that their stay in Germany is only temporary."The manifesto claims that "sexual deviations and non-reproductive lifestyles" have been aggressively promoted over "normal family" structures.LGBT rainbow flags should be banned from being flown at schools, the party argues, while children should be taught less about the Nazis and more about positive aspects of German history.On Immigration, a task-force would be set up as part of plans to detain and deport migrants who no longer have the right to be in the state, while the party also calls for an end to "illegal, culturally alien" mass migration.The AfD's pro-Russia sympathies have also sparked claims that it cannot be trusted with sensitive intelligence. When a Russian army mug was spotted in the office of leading AfD figure Hans-Thomas Tillschneider in Saxony-Anhalt, he said it was just a souvenir, and "it's not our war".