William Cook,
SpectatorAlternative für Deutschland speaks for the growing number of German voters who are increasingly worried about immigration, and find no outlet for their concerns in Germany's mainstream parties. Barely three years since it was founded, AfD already boasts representatives in nine of Germany's 16 provincial parliaments. Last March, in Sachsen-Anhalt (another East German province beset by similar social problems as Mecklenburg, but without the benefits of a burgeoning tourist industry) the party polled over 24 per cent.
