By Ed Turner (*)<br /> <br /> The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) came close to winning a majority of votes, with 43.8%. This was about 4% higher than polls had suggested.

Exit polls show it winning 44% of vote, but too early to tell if victory will pave way for country's first far-right state government since WWII, as all major parties have ruled…

Germany's anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is aiming to become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II as voters in the eastern…