Top candidate of the left-wing Die Linke (The Left) party Elif Eralp (C) reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's The Left (Die Linke) party following Berlin's state elections in Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Jens SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images)

Top candidate of the left-wing Die Linke (The Left) party Elif Eralp (C) reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's The Left (Die Linke) party following Berlin's state elections in Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Jens SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images)

US golfer JJ Spaun (R), his caddie Mark Carens (L) and wife Melody (2R), holding a face mask of television personality Jeremy Clarkson, pose with the trophy after his victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in the town of Virginia Water in Surrey, southwest of London, on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images)

Top candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Daniel Peters (L) and the top candidate of the Greens party Claudia Mueller arrive for a TV debate at the television studio in Schwerin on September 20, 2026, after regional elections in the northeastern federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's State Premier and top candidate of the social democratic SPD party Manuela Schwesig (L) speaks on stage as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appears on a screen in a TV studio prior to a TV debate after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the SPD's election party in the Schwerin Castle, on September 20, 2026, following north-eastern Germany's Mecklenburg-Western-Pomerania's state elections. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Top candidate of the Greens Claudia Mueller arrives for a TV debate at the television studio in Schwerin on September 20, 2026, after regional elections in the northeastern federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Top candidate of the Greens Claudia Mueller arrives for a TV debate at the television studio in Schwerin on September 20, 2026, after regional elections in the northeastern federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's State Premier and top candidate of the social democratic SPD party Manuela Schwesig speaks on stage after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the SPD's election party in the Schwerin Castle, on September 20, 2026, following north-eastern Germany's Mecklenburg-Western-Pomerania's state elections. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)