Die Linke and FDP after the European Parliament Elections
Die Linke and FDP after the European Parliament Elections

Author(s): Lidia Gibadło
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European parliamentary elections; Die Linke; Free Democratic Party; extreme left parties;
Summary/Abstract: The elections to the European Parliament showed that smaller parties in the Bundestag, mainly the Die Linke (The Left) and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), are threatened with increasing marginalisation at the federal level. Growing competition from other groupings has made it increasingly difficult for them to attract new voters. In an extreme scenario, they may not cross the electoral threshold in future parliamentary elections.

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