Warum gibt es die 5%-Hürde im Wahlgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland? Es gibt sie, weil …
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Official answer: C · viele kleine Parteien die Regierungsbildung erschweren.
The five-percent threshold is meant to prevent a very large number of small parties from sitting in parliament. That would make it hard to form a stable majority and a government, as seen in the Weimar Republic.
Explanation by EUpassway, not official; the test itself is only in German.