How far-right AfD breakthrough may ‘cause absolute chaos’ in Germany

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won Sunday's regional election in Saxony-Anhalt with about 44 percent of the vote, far ahead of the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU). It is the closest a far-right party has come to power at the state level in Germany since the Second World War. The AfD fell just three seats short of an outright majority. Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said Monday that talks were already under way to win over individual MPs from other parties willing to help form a governing majority. Read moreGermany’s far-right AfD wins big in key state election but falls short of majority The result strains Germany's "firewall" political consensus against working with the far right and much depends now on the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a populist left-leaning but immigration-sceptic and pro-Russia party who the AfD could potentially rely on to build a coalition. FRANCE 24 spoke to Ed Turner, a German politics specialist at Aston University in Birmingham, about what the result means for Saxony-Anhalt and Germany. FRANCE 24: The AfD didn't just win this election with its usual voters, it gained ground across almost every demographic in Saxony-Anhalt. What do...