According to the first forecasts for the outcome of the parliamentary elections in Bremen, Green Party top candidate Maike Schaefer has shown herself disappointed. "We certainly all wished for much more," she said on Sunday at the Greens' election party.

According to initial forecasts, her party will win around 12.5 percent of the vote, making it the third strongest force after the SPD and CDU. Schaefer said she wanted to work for a continuation of the governing coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party.