„Many analysts also say voters are turning to those parties, in part, out of frustration with the slow pace of change — especially in Berlin.

“Germany’s federal structure rewards delay and least-common-denominator politics,” said Andrew B. Denison, the director of Transatlantic Networks, a foreign policy consultancy based in Königswinter, Germany. “Everyone has leverage to protect their vested interests, no one wants to be liable if something goes wrong.”

Among voters, he added, “there is a reason for frustration, and the more intractable the problems, the more attractive the radical solutions.”

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