🇩🇪 German elections (federal & EU level)

[MT Treasurer]

So if a party finishes below 5% but gets the 3 FPTP seats, they won’t enter parliament with solely those 3 seats but all of the seats due to them based on their "Zweistimmen" vote share (in addition to FPTP seats), correct? Or is there another threshold then (e.g. party needs both 3 FPTP seats and 3% on the second question)? I guess Yes/No, but a confirmation would be nice.

[MT Treasurer]

Yes, winning 3 or more constituencies entitles a party to their share of list seats regardless of their overall Zweitstimmen percentage.

Thanks. Now that I rethink it, it makes complete sense (they are already guaranteed the FPTP seats, after all), but these electoral systems can be incredibly confusing for people so used to FPTP.