Two girls react after exit polls of regional elections in Bavaria were published at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2013. Bavarian State Parliamentary Election kicked off Sunday, one week prior to Germany's general elections which will fall on Sept. 22. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Peer Steinbrueck, Chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats SPD, speaks at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2013, after exit polls of regional elections in Bavaria were published. Bavarian State Parliamentary Election kicked off Sunday, one week prior to Germany's general elections which will fall on Sept. 22. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Peer Steinbrueck, Chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats SPD, speaks at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2013, after exit polls of regional elections in Bavaria were published. Bavarian State Parliamentary Election kicked off Sunday, one week prior to Germany's general elections which will fall on Sept. 22. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Peer Steinbrueck, Chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats SPD, speaks at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2013, after exit polls of regional elections in Bavaria were published. Bavarian State Parliamentary Election kicked off Sunday, one week prior to Germany's general elections which will fall on Sept. 22. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)