If the election is clearly not a victory for political and economic radicalism, it would be equally misleading to interpret it as the triumph of the free market.  Throughout the campaign, there was an eerie degree of consensus about the desirability of central features of a distinctly European and more specifically German system of values.
Sa situation témoigne de la responsabilité et de la maturité du peuple allemand : cette alliance diversifiée de mécontents n'a attiré que 12 % des votes.