Germany's far-right AfD adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of key polls

The programme, which is over 150 pages long, contains wide-ranging plans to overhaul Saxony-Anhalt, clamping down on immigrants and supporting large families of German origin. It also wants to improve relations with Russia, directly contradicting the policies of the federal coalition government, which is a key supporter of Ukraine."We say yes to consistent deportations, we say yes to free childcare facilities, we say yes to remigration," Ulrich Siegmund said.Some of the proposals appear to be unworkable at a state level, requiring action by the federal government, but many others are feasible.Eva von Angern, leader of the left-wing Linke Party parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt, earlier described the AfD's plans as a "nightmare scenario for Saxony-Anhalt and for our democracy". She said the AfD was promoting an authoritarian state that would severely curtail fundamental rights.Accusing the party of harbouring "inhuman fantasies of omnipotence", she said the public must be made aware of the AfD's "ugly truths" and the "very negative consequences for them personally if the AfD were to govern in Saxony-Anhalt."Saxony-Anhalt, like much of the former Communist East Germany, is an AFD stronghold, but the party is doing well all over the country.It came second in federal elections in Germany last year, winning a record 152 seats in the 630-seat parliament with 20.8% of the vote.ReutersThe state branch of the AfD has been classified in Saxony-Anhalt as a "far-right extremist organisation"