The Alternative for Germany (AfD), whose leader said earlier this year that German police should be ready to shoot migrants to prevent them entering the country illegally, was founded three years ago upon a Eurosceptic message.
A recruitment poster for the AfD in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg was part of a campaign to bring more new members into the party.
It showed two smiling young people dressed in blue – the party’s colour – with their thumbs up in an apparent endorsement of the slogan “Join us! Change politics!”
But it quickly emerged that the young folk were not German at all, but former Miss Romania Carla Caucean and male model Adi Ene, also from Romania.
The campaign advert was quickly removed from the party’s Facebook page.
