Actually on many of the German fora, after the "election" of Trump last year, there was much talk about how stupid the Americans are. There were a few voices who opined "Don't crow too loud or too early. Lets first see what percentage the AfD will garner!!".  Well, 12.6% is a far cry from the 46.4% that voted for Trump. There is something to be said for a multiparty system that works on the proportionality principal. The CDU in a "Big Coalition" with the SPD will do "just fine". Besides there's a split developing in the AfD,  Frauke Petry announced she will leave the AfD rump and hopes that enough other AfD Bundestag delegates will follow to qualify as a separate  voting block. Yep, you just gotta love it! LOL  LOL   As the saying goes "The devil is in the details"