The three upcoming elections are being closely watched for signs of the AfD’s wider-scale momentum, said Daniel Schuster, who heads the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s European office.

And not just Germany. In Berlin, Brussels and capitals across Europe and the Western world, the meteoric rise and first-place finish of the AfD, a party labeled “extremist” by…

There will be close scrutiny of the extent to which the party can implement its hard-right manifesto.