Top candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alice Weidel addresses supporters next to top candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alexander Gauland (C) on stage during an election night event in Berlin during the general election on September 24, 2017. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) Sunday became the first hard-right, openly anti-immigration party to enter parliament in force since World War II, breaking a taboo despite mainstream parties' calls to halt "the Nazis" in their tracks. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL