Author: James Angelos, Nette Nöstlinger

Germany’s far right looks to have claimed its biggest electoral success since World War II, winning a regional vote in the east of the country Sunday, according to an initial projection. The triumph of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), in a region that was under communist control during the Cold War, is a huge blow to Germany’s political center — especially for the three parties of the ruling coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which appear to have suffered significant losses. The AfD came in first in the state of Thuringia with about 33 percent of the vote, according to…