Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel (R) and AfD top candidate for Berlin Kristin Brinker (L) react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of the Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel (2nd R) and AfD top candidate for Berlin Kristin Brinker (L) react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of the Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the CDU react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the electoral evening event of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party following Berlin's state elections in the House of Representatives in Berlin on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)