Anti-AFD demonstrators and police forces face near the AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) party&#39;s federal congress at the Stuttgart Congress Centre ICS on April 30, 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany. The AfD, a relative newcomer to the German political landscape, has emerged from Euro-sceptic conservatism towards a more right-wing leaning appeal based in large part on opposition to Germany&#39;s generous refugees and migrants policy. Since winning seats in March elections in three German state parliaments the party has sharpened its tone, calling for a ban on minarets and claiming that Islam does not belong in Germany.