The recent German elections were marked by unusual drama and uncertainty due to new voting rules and the emergence of a new party, the Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW). Both BSW and the FDP were at risk of failing to meet the 5% threshold needed to enter the Bundestag, with BSW barely making the cut at 4.97% and FDP crashing out at 4.3%. The election results indicate a failure among parties to resonate with voters, creating uncertainty in future coalition dynamics, particularly highlighting the repercussions for the SPD and FDP and the enduring support for the Greens despite minor losses.
In sheer electoral terms, Sunday night was unusually dramatic by German standards. Most years, the polls are bang-on and counts are fast, meaning that it quickly becomes clear who can govern with whom.
The losers lost, but not by much. In the end, Wagenknecht's personality-cult party caught the bar with its toe, falling at 4.97 percent. And Christian Lindner's own increasingly one-man outfit pulled over the hurdle with its foot, crashing out of Bundestag at 4.3 percent.
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