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Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office but her conservatives haemorrhaged support in the face of a surge by the far-right.
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts on first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
People at the Christian Democratic Union CDU headquarters react on first exit polls�in the German general election (Bundestagswahl)�in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Alexander Gauland, top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) looks on as he gives an interview after first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Free Democratic Party FDP leader Christian Lindner reacts on first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts on first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland, top candidates of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) react after first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
People hold placards while waiting for Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to react on first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Supporters of the Alliance 90/The Greens party leader Cem Ozdemir (R) and politician Katrin Goering Eckardt arrive to follow exit polls in the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
Social Democratic Party SPD leader and top candidate Martin Schulz addresses supporters after the federal election at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and top candidate Martin Schulz reacts after first exit polls of the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
Supporters of the Alliance 90/The Greens party react on first exit polls in the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
A supporter of Social Democratic Party (SPD) reacts on first exit polls after the federal election at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Electoral officials sort ballot papers after the conclusion of voting in the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Cologne, Germany. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
People at the Christian Democratic Union CDU headquarters react on first exit polls�in the German general election (Bundestagswahl)�in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Christian Democratic Union�CDU party leader and German Chancellor�Angela Merkel�reacts�on first exit polls�in the German general election (Bundestagswahl)�in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Electoral officials pre-sort ballot papers of the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Cologne, Germany. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen