Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have been stunned after one of its members was nominated for the post of federal president by a far-right party. Max Otte said on Tuesday he would accept the nomination from the anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD), unleashing an immediate reaction from the CDU mainstream, which has tried hard to distance itself from the far-right. The CDU, the party of former long-time Chancellor Angela Merkel, now plans to expel him. According to sources close to the CDU’s federal executive committee, it was decided unanimously to initiate proceedings …