Germany was hit by a weekend of demonstrations after hundreds of thousands of people gathered around the country to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
A public outcry was sparked when it emerged last week that several AfD politicians had met a prominent ethno-nationalist figure to discuss the potential for mass deportations of people of foreign origin.
The revelations, which have drawn comparison to policies enacted by the Nazi regime, have shaken the political establishment of Germany, where political consensus had long held that extremist rightwing ideologies would never again become popular enough to succeed at the ballot box.