The leader of Germany's far-right party has vowed to close the country's borders for 100 days and enforce mass deportations, if it wins power in the forthcoming federal elections. Germans go to the polls to choose a new government on February 23, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in December.

A former EU official is accused of suggesting the European Union could try to annul Germany’s election results if the right-wing party wins.

Germany's AfD party has unveiled plans for a complete border shutdown and mass deportations if successful in next month's election. The party, currently polling at its highest-ever national level of 22 percent,

During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background.