In Germany, in the regional elections of Lower Saxony, the Social Democrats are ahead with 32.5% according to the exit polls published by the Zdf.
The CDU obtained 27.5%.
We are heading for a victory for the outgoing Social Democrat governor, Stephan Weil, who could continue to govern the Land of the central north.
"I congratulate the SPD who won these elections. What we have collected is not a good result".
This was stated by the general secretary of the CDU, Marco Czaja, who speaking to the Zdf took note of the electoral defeat in the Land of Hanover, where the Christian Democrats led by Bernd Halthusmann, according to the exit polls, took 27.5%, losing 6.1% of the vote, compared to five years ago.
The Social Democrats got 32.5% (-4.4).
"We fought and we won."
This was stated by the outgoing minister president of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, speaking to his electorate after the regional elections, which saw his Social Democrats assert themselves.
"The voters have given us, and no one else, the mandate to govern," he added.