I don't think things as as simple as they appear here. Undoubtedly this is a right wing party with a lot of really dumb reactionary positions, but the reasons why they are being demonized so hard by the liberal establishment has more to do with them being pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine, anti-NATO, very critical of the EU, and one of the only parties in Romania who are not rabidly pro-Israel. AfD not getting along with them is more due to the fact that AfD are a bunch of slimy, opportunist liars who despite their populist rhetoric never intended to take any kind of stand against either the EU or NATO and also they are massive Zionist scumbags.

I think we need to be more skeptical of liberal mainstream narratives branding anyone who is against NATO and the EU as extremists. What the establishment parties do and stand for is no less extreme than the far right, they are unhinged, warmongering imperialists who support a genocide, and who fund and arm literal neo-Nazis. The EU is increasingly censoring dissenting voices and a lot of European countries are outright arresting people for being pro-Russia or pro-Palestine.

Pointing this out and how anyone who is vocally opposed to this regardless whether they are from the left or the right faces media demonization and state persecution doesn't mean you support the right wing.