AfD Alternative für Deutschland

The far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday elected a decorator from the east backed by a radical wing within the party as one of two co-leaders.

Last month the AFD made big gains in two other regional elections in former communist east Germany.

Identity and Democracy - the new name for the European Parliament's biggest eurosceptic faction.

From the far-right to the far-left, these political parties have taken on a divisive approach to getting voters to the polls.

As more German towns and cities bar diesel cars, with court and EU approval, one Eurosceptic party fights back to save them

Ahead of May's European Parliament elections, data compiled by Alto Analytics showed that all over the continent, from Poland to Spain, posts on social media show a disproportionate leaning to the far right, with less than 0.1 percent of users creating around 10% of political posts.

The euro is in its twentieth year of being used on the continent, but is the currency causing division in the bloc?

We take a look back at the biggest stories from across Europe this morning.