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. After a series of procedural moves on Saturday, lawmakers elected Thadäus König from the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) as the new president of Thuringia’s parliament. König easily defeated the…