Frauke Petry (2nd L), top-candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the Saxony state election, addresses a news conference with party fellows (L-R) Alexander Gauland, Bjoern Hoecke and Christan Lueth during a news conference in Berlin September 1, 2014. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were poised to cling to power in Sunday's election in the east German state of Saxony but new right-leaning rival Alternative for Germany (AfD) made a breakthrough by winning its first seats in a state assembly. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)