Indeed. I also expect they will have the usual turbulence of a new political movement. Infighting, policy changes, etc and that all of that will be used to again dismiss the larger reason for their existence.
"The reason for their quick growth is that they are new and that's enough at the moment. But not in the long run."
Gero Neugebauer
Political scientist, Free University Berlin
So what? To paraphrase Keynes, in the long run we are all dead.
I really dislike such dismissal without some sort of context such as whether a short term gain might or might not have any effect and why. But then again the journalist only wanted a contrary quote for 'balance'.