
2017 will be an unusually busy year in German politics, with the presidential election to be held in February, three state elections that will decide control of the upper house of parliament (Bundesrat) in March and May and the all-important federal election that will decide which party takes control of the lower house of parliament (Bundestag) and gets to pick the next chancellor in September.
German presidential election: 12 February 2017
Saarland state election: 26 March 2017
Schleswig-Holstein state election: 7 May 2017
North Rhine-Westphalia state election: 14 May 2017
German federal election: 24 September 2017
Comment