Lawmakers in the central German state of Thuringia reconvened on Saturday amid a chaotic deadlock between the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and other parties. The AfD made historic gains in September 1 regional elections in Thuringia, claiming more than a third of all seats. But every other party has refused to cooperate with the AfD and vowed to keep the far right frozen out of power. An initial session for the state parliament on Thursday ended in bickering, as the AfD tried to assert new perogatives while the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) accused them of trying to seize p…