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The German electorate has important choices to make in 2017.
After three state elections that took place earlier this spring politicians, the German public and journalists not only in Germany but also in other European countries are looking ahead to the elections of the German Bundetag on September 24, 2017.
Since the last national elections in 2013 the German political landscape has changed quite significantly. The liberal party Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) is no longer represented in the German parliament and a new political force – on the right end of the political party spectrum - has entred the arena: the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). So far the AfD has been successful in several state elections and current polls indicate that it will be represented in the next German legislature. The FDP has been working hard over the last four years to get back on track wanting to reenter the Bundestag again. The Green Party and Die Linke have been serving as coalition partners in state governments – with the Greens leading the coalition with the CDU in the Southern state of Baden-Württemberg. Die Linke is heading the government in Thuringia since 2015.
In the grand coalition the two “Volksparteien” the CDU and the SPD had to face and manage multiple challenges on various levels during the current legislative period and take tough decisions. In these days the various political parties are holding their party conventions and are formulating their agenda and programms. The electoral campaign will be kicked off over the next few weeks.
