So my understanding is that they are the second strongest, but still at around 20% the other German parties formed a coalition that froze Afd out of power. So they are still a threat in future elections, but they have limited impact on policy for now.
Is that correct or have I got the wrong idea?
The interesting thing about reading from different bubbles to get the different perspectives on the same event is just how different the set of events covered is.
The right may be furious about something and the left barely cover it and vice versa, it needs to be a huge event to attract comment from both sides.
Israel's war crimes do not excuse Hamas' terrorist attacks, nor do Hamas' terror attacks excuse Israel's war crimes.
Intentionally escalating the conflict and suppressing rival organisations then turning around and saying "we are the only counterbalance to Israel, you must deal with us" is also kinda gross.
That said, it's weird that they want the UK involved given the history of the conflict and the relatively paltry (and apparently declining?) level of arms exports.
I think the EU also designated Hamas as a terrorist organisation and Germany is a big arms exporter so I would have expected them to focus on getting that designation repealed.