How politicians reacted after exit polls from Germany's election

Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst react after first exit polls for the general elections in Berlin, Germany, September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Reactions from senior German politicians and others after exit polls from Sunday's national election https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germans-vote-close-election-decide-merkel-successor-2021-09-25 showed Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats virtually tied.:

OLAF SCHOLZ, SPD CANDIDATE FOR CHANCELLOR