Voters ahead of the German election described Brexit as an “awful” decision and said would back the current German Chancellor Angela Merkel because of her pro-Brussels policies.
The AfD has seen a last-minute surge in the polls as Ms Merkel’s election campaign draws to a close.
After populism and Euroscepticism were proclaimed dead by Jean-Claude Juncker and his Brussels cronies at the recent State of European the Union address, in Strasbourg, the AfD look as if they will come an unlikely third behind the CDU/CSU coalition and the SPD.
Discussing the upcoming German election, two voters bemoaned Brexit and presented Britain’s European Union divorce as a reason to support Mr Merkel ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Margaret told Sky News: “It’s awful!
“The English and Germans don’t agree in general because nobody really through it would happen, many people didn’t vote because they thought it could never happen.”
When asked if the AfD voted worried her, she added: “We have to work against it, we have to do everything so it won’t happen
Another voter, Theresa, said: “I’m still very sad about Brexit, I couldn’t believe it when I woke up the morning after.
“I don’t believe in the word Brexit, I believe we should have a separation on peaceful terms.”
When asked about the AfD, Theresa added: “Oh my God, we are definitely worried about that.
“Yesterday, I was here and the Green Party also said we should do everything to avoid that.”
Despite the pair’s dislike for the AfD, there is a plausible option which could see the right-wing party becoming the lead opposition in Germany.
Support for the far-right party has skyrocketed following Chancellor Angela Merkel’s disastrous open door refugee policy and now it finds itself in third place in four of the last five polls.
This means if Ms Merkel and her main rival and SPD leader Martin Schulz form a “grand coalition” to remain in power the AfD would be the main opposition in the Bundestag.
The role would see them take on additional privileges such as the parliament’s budget committee.