Well no one else has mentioned it yet, so I will.
The AFD have secured 12.6% of the German vote, which gives them 13.3%, or 94, of the seats available.
Their leadership is in trouble though as already splits in their ranks have broken out. However this result for a far right wing party is historic, as such a party has not been in the Reichstag Bundestag since 1961. Their main policy is to rid German of all the immigrants. Oh dear, here we go again!!
Worrying.....but as Albs has already said we'll need to see just how extreme they are.
Let's hope it's not a case of German history repeating itself.
Obviously, as an historian, that thought is never far from my mind. When I opened this thread I steered clear of my normal reference to the Nazis and Hitler. That was not just to stop any criticism from others on the Forum, but as for a change I think any such reference is wrong.
In the 1920's Hitler was ranting about Jews, Communists, and how the Versailles Treaty had robbed Germany. His argument was also that Germany needed greater living space for the "superior Aryan race", the Übermensch Germans who needed to be free of the unsuitable, unsavory people in their midst. His argument was far more than just about immigrants, as with the AFD, although they do add Islam to their hate list.
No, so far this right wing party are nothing like the Nazis of 90 years ago, although it must be recognised that they have started off far stronger than the latter, who grew by intimidation and criminal act through the late 1920's, through the 1930's to secure their grip on Germany. There is no current sign that the AFD can, or will do that, with no-one (thank God) seemingly shaping up to be their Fuhrer.
We can all rest easy for now in the UK, but it could be now very interesting in Deutschland