They doubled their share of votes, that’s Harley a failure. They also have enough votes to be a pain in the butt. The seats come with offices, employees, discretionary spending etc. The AfD will be able to further build their networks and base.

AfD and the Linke (Left socialist party) together habe more than 1/3 of the seats. That means no changes to the constitution or flexible spending without the approval of either.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago)

Isn't that how Le Pen's party was able to cause havoc in France? By gaining a large enough minority to be a contender for coalition-building and then exploiting it to exert control?

I'm not too up to speed, but I feel like I remember them causing significant fuckage with exactly that mechanism.

Edit: And, presumably, the left will inevitably feel it needs to stomp its feet and scream that the center isn't left enough, so no way we can cooperate with those guys, leaving the center to appease the Nazis if they want to get anything done.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 hour ago

I hope the incoming German government takes careful note of how turbulent Musk is. They could even conclude that he is a state actor unto himself. An actual sovereign citizen, if you will.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 43 points 3 hours ago

Good. Now arrest him for election interference.

[–] vrojak@feddit.org 39 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He did do a good job though. These nazi traitors have about a fifth of the vote, we can only hope the are outlawed during the next four years.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 31 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

They were polling at 20% in 2022 already, before he even bought Twitter. They gained basically no new votes in the last two years. Some hopium: 20% might be the highest percentage of people willing to vote for them.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

The ~20% might be their ceiling. But depending on how much the conservatives and others fuck up, 30% are in the cards in the future.

They have popular positions and have a solid established voter base.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Do you remember when people thought Trump had a ceiling?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 10 points 1 hour ago

Yes, but he still only managed to collect around 9% more of the total number of votes compared to 2016. Granted, that may be a lot in a two-party system, but it works differently when you have over a dozen to choose from. The parties are always much closer to cannibalizing each other.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Now send in the undercover strike force