Bernd Lucke (C), leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) reacts to exit polls at the party post election venue in Potsdam September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged to win more than 10 percent of the vote in two states on Sunday in a growing challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel as her new right-wing rival makes further inroads into her power base.
Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) could also suffer an ominous loss of power in the state of Thuringia if the hardline Left party can persuade the Social Democrats (SPD) to switch allegiances and elect Germany's first Left state premier.
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