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Berlin, Sep 26 (EFE/EPA).- Germany's Social Democratic Party headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz received the most votes - 26 percent - on Sunday in the general election, while the conservative bloc headed by Armin Laschet obtained 24 percent, according to the first exit polling from the ZDF public television network.Another exit poll, by ARD public television, put both Scholz and Laschet at 25 percent.As of 7:14 pm German time, further election tallies showed that the SPD had obtained 24.9 percent of the vote and the conservative bloc formed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union (CSU), had obtained 24.7 percent.Significantly, this appears to be the worst result obtained by the CDU-CSU bloc in its history. (Camera: FOCKE STRANGMANN). SHOT LIST: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER AND SPD CANDIDATE FOR CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ TALKS TO JOURNALISTS DURING THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SPD) ELECTION EVENT IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
The CDU-CSU chancellery candidate Armin Lashet casts his ballot in Aachen. Germans vote in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
Berlin, Sep 12 (EFE / EPA) .- For the second time prior to the general elections on September 26 2021, the three candidates of Greens, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, met Sunday night in a 'truel', for a live TV debate. (Camera: CLEMENS BILAN)SHOT LIST: MOMENTS AFTER THE ARD/ZDF TV STATION LIVE RECORDING OF THE TV DEBATE THE TRUEL IN BELINR, GERMANY.
Berlin (Germany), Sep 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Clemens Bilan) The European People's Party (EPP) met this Thursday in Berlin to fire Chancellor Angela Merkel after 16 years at the helm of Germany and support a conservative candidate, Armin Laschet, with the polls against.FOOTAGE FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE SUMMIT IN BERLIN
Berlin, Apr 19 (EFE / EPA) .- Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), ratified Monday its support for centrist Armin Laschet as a candidate for the German Chancellery in the next general elections. (Camera: CLEMENS BILAN)SHOT LIST: FOOTAGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU) IN BERLIN (GERMANY).