In Stunning Loss For Merkel, CDU Is Surpassed By Populist AfD In Thuringia Elections In Stunning Loss For Merkel, CDU Is Surpassed By Populist AfD In Thuringia Elections Germany’s resurgent populist, anti-immigration party, AfD scored impressive gains on Sunday in the ex-communist eastern state of Thuringia, once again at the expense of legacy parties such …