German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party on Wednesday called for fresh elections in Thuringia after a regional politician was unexpectedly elected as the state's premier with votes from the far-right AfD, breaking a political taboo in Germany. "The CDU has said time and again there can be no cooperation with the AfD," said Paul Ziemiak, secretary general of the centre-right CDU. "New elections would be the best thing for Thuringia." bur-mfp/tgb/lc