Analysis-Germany's far-right rides high on anti-immigration, anti-green agenda

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party does a Hitler salute during a protest against the government, amid skyrocketing energy prices, in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang

BERLIN (Reuters) - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is riding high in the polls to the alarm of mainstream parties and is on track to win three state votes in the east of the country with calls to stop migration and curb what it sees as a costly green agenda.

AfD is polling 17-19% nationwide, around a record high for the party that now vies with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats for second place in some surveys, up from fifth in the 2021 election when it secured 10.3% of the vote.