AfD says in talks to form ruling majority after state vote

The lead candidate of Germany’s far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt state said Monday that his party had started talks towards building a governing majority after winning by far the most votes in Sunday’s state election. Ulrich Siegmund said the AfD was reaching out to other “parliamentary groups or individual MPs who want to join us in tackling this historic task” and said that “these talks have already been initiated”.