According to exit polls, the far-right AfD just won approximately 10-11% of the vote in the German elections, losing only about 1.5% since 2017. This is an extreme right-wing party, even according to Germany’s intelligence services. 1/5 #btw21 
Neither the departure of more “moderate” voices since 2017, nor scandals & fraud cases w/ donations & ad financing, observation by intelligence services or scores of documented links violent neo-nazis could really harm the party. 2/5 #btw21
Since the AfD will now enter the Bundestag for a 2nd time, their party foundation Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung is eligible for millions in state funding, which will flow into far-right structures and be used to finance pseudo-scientific studies & far-right propaganda 3/5 #btw21
In three federal states, the AfD is leading as strongest party or close to coming first in exit polls: Saxony (32%), Saxony-Anhalt (22.5%) and Thuringia (26%) 4/5 #btw21
A radicalised core of around 10 % of German voters willingly & knowingly voted for an openly right-wing extremist and anti-democratic party. And regardless of how any other parties fare in the election, this result leaves little room for celebration. 5/5 #btw21
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