An election campaign poster of Germany's Social Democratic Party, SPD, with top candidate Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the upcoming national's election is displayed at a crossing in central Berlin, Germany,

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will “never” work with it

Even though the Alternative for Germany is highly unlikely to take a share of power soon, it has become a factor that other politicians can't ignore