German economy frets about Saxony-Anhalt election results

The results came in as predicted: The AfD, which is considered far-right extremist in parts, won the election in Saxony-Anhalt and could now put forward the state’s minister-president and take over the state government. 

What hardly anyone expected, however, was this: The governing CDU is now barely half as strong as it was, while the other parties have been left far behind. Calling it a landslide victory for the AfD is no exaggeration. And many commentators go so far as to call it a turning point in Germany’s postwar…