Germany can’t ignore migration any longer

Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) picked up 28.5 per cent of the vote, while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 20.8 per cent .

The CDU , in common with all the other parties, has said that it will not co-operate with AfD.

It will now open talks with the Social Democrats (SPD), which was the big loser of the election.

Some AfD representatives have used phrases which, though innocuous in themselves, are associated with Nazi propaganda.

But the party’s leader, Alice Weidel , is far more circumspect.

She argues that Nazism should not dominate the way that Germany sees its history.

Many Germans , particularly young Germans , share this view.