A German far-right party beats Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in a regional election

Anti-immigrant far-right political party in Germany Alternative for Germany (AfD) has come second in an election in the country's eastern state Thuringia, beating Angle Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) which came third, Guardian says.

The party got nearly 24% of the vote, Saturday, in Germany. The results were deemed unexpected as AfD doubled its share of the vote.

However, the results of the election are somehow worrying for Berlin. In fact, AfD’s leader Bjorn Hocke is seen as Germany’s «most controversial politician». The latter has been «accused of stocking hatred with anti-Jewish rhetoric», the Guardian wrote.

Moreover, AfD’s election campaign was filled with «Nazi slogans and death threats and overshadowed by the deadly attack on a synagogue in the city of Halle earlier this month», the same source added.