>>> WELCOME BACK. GERMANY'S RIGHT PARTY ONE ITS FIRST ELECTION ON SUNDAY AND CAME IN A CLOSE SECOND IN ANOTHER STATE. IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME A FAR RIGHT PARTY HAS WON A STATE ELECTION IN GERMANY SAYS THAT NAZI AREA. A NEW PARTY MADE BIG GAINS IN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD NIGHT FOR THE RULING COALITION GOVERNMENT. FOR MORE ON THIS LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT CLAUDIO LAVANGA. THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES HAVE DESIGNATED AS A RIGHT WING EXTREMIST GROUP. TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS PARTY AND HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS WOOD IS. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY IS A NATIONALIST ANTI-ISLAM AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTY THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED TO BE ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM IN GERMANY AND HAS GAINED MOMENTUM IN POPULARITY SINCE IT WAS FOUND THAT A LITTLE MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO IN 2013, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEFORE HAVE WON A STATE ELECTION AS IT DID OVER THE WEEKEND. AS YOU MENTIONED, GERMAN AUTHORITIES CONSIDER THEM AS FAR RIGHT BUT THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL BRANCHES THAT HAVE DONE SO WELL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS WHERE THEY WON AND A CLOSE SECOND, THEY ARE BRANDED AS EXTREMISTS. THE LEADER OF -- YESTERDAY WAS EVEN CONVICTED TWICE AND THE PATH FOR USING PROHIBITED NOT THE SLOGANS AND HE HAS SAID IT WILL BE A BIG MISTAKE IF ADOLF HITLER WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BIG PROBLEM IN GERMAN POLITICS. THERE IS CONCERN NOT ONLY IN GERMANY BUT ACROSS EUROPE FOR THE STRONG RESULTS FROM THE ELECTION. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THE AFD STILL HAS A COALITION WITH OTHER PARTIES TO GOVERN AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT WORK WITH THEM. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE AFD WILL BE ABLE TO FORM A THICK GOVERNMENT AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. EVEN IN THE STATES WHERE THEY WON WITH 33% OF THE VOTE, IT IS UNLIKELY THEY WILL MANAGE TO GOVERN THE STATE BECAUSE, AS YOU MENTIONED, -- WITH THE RIGHT WING EXTREMIST. SO, THE OTHER OPTION IS THE LEADER -- AND SECOND PLACE WE TRY TO FORGE A COALITION BUT THAT IS PROBABLY LIKELY TO BE LEAK EMMA ONLY BE POSTPONING THE RESULTS UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN THERE WILL BE A