However, some of their ideas are reused by other parties later more or less identically. Though from the start the PDS tried to get members and voters in the Western part of Germany, until now this did not happen to a high degree. However, they have strong roots in the Eastern part of Germany. However, they the party is not limited to these questions but tries to find socialist answers to the full spectrum of current political questions. As part of the anti-communist agenda the PDS still is demonized especially by Western parties and media.
Minority governments are extremly rare in German history.
Of course this is somewhat ridiculuos. Besides not needing three direct mandates, this would have the effect, that the PDS members of the Bundestag count as a normal fraction, whereas at the moment they are only a group with limited rights. They all have slightly different positions, but the main reason for separation may be the lack of an charismatic leader. The extreme right in fact is a factor difficult to calculate. There message was cleary racist.