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2017Merkel wins fourth term as German chancellorCDU/CSU wins election as far-right AfD enters parliamentAngela Merkel's CDU/CSU alliance won the German federal election, securing her a fourth term as chancellor, though with a reduced vote share. The nationalist Alternative for Germany entered the Bundestag for the first time, becoming the third-largest party. Coalition talks took months to resolve.
2017Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1The franchise returns to TV after a 12-year absence, now on the streaming service CBS All Access (later Paramount+). Set a decade before the original series, Discovery follows Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). The show's dark tone, heavily serialised format and retconning of established canon prove deeply divisive — and deeply popular.