Germany's AfD party heads further right after leader suffers defeat

Congress delegates refuse to discuss Frauke Petry's motion to shift the rightwing anti-immigrant party into the 'mainstream'

The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) looks set to turn further right after its co-leader, who has struck a more moderate tone of late, suffered a defeat when delegates refused to discuss her motion to shift the party into the "mainstream".

Support for the party, which attacks the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, for having allowed more than a million migrants into Germany in the last two years, has tumbled in recent months after reaching the mid-teens in opinion polls last year.