Germany's hardline right-wing political group Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) adopted an explicitly anti-Muslim policy this week.

Debating on Sunday, Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, an AfD politician said, to deafening applause:

Islam is foreign to us and for that reason it cannot invoke the principle of religious freedom to the same degree as Christianity.

But Germany's far-right fringe is only part of a growing climate of extreme sentiment sweeping across Europe.

The following graph by Statista outlines the countries in which far-right political parties are making waves in parliaments and senates across the continent:

Switzerland, traditionally perceived as the bastion of neutrality, saw the far-right Swiss People's Party win almost a third of votes in the national elections in 2015 - no small feat.

Hungary’s Jobbik is the third strongest party in the country with 21 per cent of parliamentary seats.

Jobbik's rallies are infamous for their Nazi-affliated red-and-white Árpád stripes. The party got into hot water late last year after a camera-woman affiliated with the party was filmed kicking two refugee children.





Picture: Janek Skarzynski, Hungarian nationalist rally, Jobbik (2015)

Nordic countries Denmark, Finland and Sweden are also seeing a more right-wing political make up, with 21, 18 and 13 per cent of their last national election votes respectively going to nationalist parties.