Germany election 2021: Social Democrats and Merkel’s CDU neck-and-neck in chancellor race, exit poll says

(L.t.r.) The Greens’ Annalena Baerbock, Social Democratic top candidate Olaf Scholz, and Christian Democratic candidate Armin Laschet featured in election posters in Berlin. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/sep/26/germany-election-2021-results-reaction-angela-merkel-era-ends-baerbock-scholz-laschet-spd-greens-cdu-live-latest-updates