uld allow all parties to be represented, including extremist parties such as the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or Nazis) and the KPD (communists). It would also produce weak coalition government. Since all parties had to support the constitution and democracy in order for Weimar to succeed a huge problem was established since in many parties' eyes, the Republic was an 'unfortunate compromise between representative and plebiscitary ideas' . Proportional representation also produced a degree of political instability and since strength, and image, were considered more important by some than policy and pragmatism, Weimar didn't appeal to some. Weimar had three main parties NSDAP, KPD and the Z Party (otherwise known as the Centre party mainly supported by the catholic population of Germany). The Centre party was crucial for Weimar to resist extremist parties. This was because neither the Communists or the Nazis had a majority in the Reichstag, however if either party gained the support of t
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