Not since the immediate postwar years, up to 1957, has the Bundestag seen more than five. With the arrival of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and re-entry of the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP), the new Bundestag consists of six parliamentary parties in all. It's now larger than ever: 709 MPs compared to 631 in the previous one. The Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, convened on Tuesday for the first time since September's general election.
