Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at CDU headquarters as Germany votes for her successor

Record ID: 1638618

  • Title: Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at CDU headquarters as Germany votes for her successor
  • Date: 26th September 2021
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 26, 2021) (REUTERS) CAR WITH OUTGOING GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL ARRIVING AT CDU HEADQUARTERS AHEAD OF FIRST ELECTION RESULTS MORE CARS FOLLOWING AND DRIVING INTO PARKING GARAGE
  • Embargoed: 10th October 2021 16:10
  • Keywords: CDU Germany Laschet Merkel election exit poll reactions
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EWCUJWN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived at the CDU headquarters on Sunday (September 26) as Germans went to the polls in a national election too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Merkel's conservatives.
    Merkel has been in power since 2005 but plans to step down after the election, making the vote an era-changing event to set the future course of Europe's largest economy.
    A fractured electorate means that after the election, leading parties will sound each other out before embarking on more formal coalition negotiations that could take months, leaving Merkel, 67, in a caretaker role.
    The election commissioner said turnout stood at 36.5% at 2 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), down from 41.1% four years ago. The figure does not include postal votes, which are expected to exceed those cast in the 2017 election given the coronavirus pandemic.
    (Production: Oliver Ellrodt, Ulrike Heil)
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