The 2017 German federal election chose the members of the 19th Bundestag. Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, remained the largest group, but with their lowest share of the vote since 1949, while the Social Democrats under Martin Schulz also did badly. The right-wing Alternative for Germany entered the Bundestag for the first time, as the third-largest party. Coalition talks between the conservatives, the Free Democrats and the Greens collapsed, and after a long period the CDU/CSU and SPD formed another grand coalition. Merkel was elected for a fourth term as chancellor.
Before and after
- 21 August 2017Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
- from 30 August 2017 to 15 September 2017Hurricane Irma
- 14 September 2017Eastern Syria campaign
- 20 September 2017Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- 24 September 20172017 German federal election
- 26 September 20172017 Har Adar shooting
- 1 October 2017Catalan independence referendum, 2017
- 1 October 20172017 Las Vegas shooting
- October 2017Rise of MeToo movement
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