Germany's Merkel on the AfD’s victory in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt election: It’s simply shocking. At least, that’s how I felt. And nobody tried to sugarcoat it — not even the CDU. This is a turning point, a real turning point, that we are experiencing in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. And, just to say something a little more emotional: it breaks your heart — or rather, as a CDU member, it breaks my heart. I really have to say that.