The key phrase is “multi-party democracy”. I guess I should have also added “parliamentary” into that phrase. Political systems with a single winner are far more prone to electoral manipulation than systems where a coalition government is the norm.

I wouldn’t see it too tragic. Those who would support AfD already do, and the rest won’t change the mind because of an article written in a lunatic’s name. If he threw considerable amount of money at AfD, I’d get a bit concerned, but in a functional multi-party democracy, especially one with a nazi past, a nazi party would never be invited into a government unless it won an outright majority.

That’s par for the course. Other accusers dropped their cases when their cars or houses got torched. During the trial, his acquaintances filmed and photographed the jurors from the gallery, until the judge threatened a closed doors trial. His close relationship with the Kinahan cartel is public knowledge. Over here in Dublin we knew him as a scumbag all his life, just most people (including me) didn’t even know he existed until he became famous in the MMA