2017年，德国政局跌宕起伏。在大选年里，德国不仅举行了联邦总统选举，而且还在萨尔州、石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州、北莱茵-威斯特法伦州和下萨克森州举行了四个州议会选举。在地方层面，右翼民粹政党德国另类选择党也取得了选举成功。在联邦议院选举中，两大执政党均遭遇了选举失利，在经过漫长的组阁谈判后，不得不再次组建大联合政府。德国另类选择党作为第三大党进入了联邦议院。2017年，联邦议院选举的主导议题仍然是难民问题。联邦议院修改了《基本法》，对敌视宪法的政党取消国家财政资助和税收优惠。
In 2017，there was quite some turbulence in German politics. The year did not only see the elections of the Federal President by the Federal Assembly，but also four state elections，namely in the Saarland，Schleswig-Holstein，North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. At this regional level，the right-wing populist AfD continued its success. In the federal election，the parties that had formed a grand coalition lost heavily，only to re-enter into the same alliance after a protracted process of government formation. The AfD entered parliament as the third strongest party. The federal election campaign was dominated by the refugee debate. The Bundestag changed the Basic Law to exclude unconstitutional parties from state financing and tax advantages.
