Result and Analysis of German Federal Election 2017
2018 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 54-65
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2018 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 54-65
In this article the result of German Federal Election on September 24th 2017 will be analyzed in detail. In this election the governing parties, Christian Democrats and Christian Socialist Parties（CDU/CSU）and Social Democratic Party lost many seats in the parliament, Bundestag, while the right-wing populist party, Alternative for Germany（AfD）succeed at first time in getting the seats. One of the causes of losing the election of CDU/CSU came from the critical reputation in the refugee welcome policy of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015, although the Chancellor still keep high level of supports. There are also analysis about other parties, namely the liberal party, the greens and the left party. After that the causes of victory of and the characteristics of the MPs of AfD are discussed, and the influence of new electoral law which caused to increase the seats in parliament to 709, is shortly introduced. At the end the situation after election is sketched in which at first building so called “Jamaika” coalition was attempted, after its failure the grand coalition will be again realized.
