(L-R) Top candidate for Berlin mayor and co-leader of the German Social Democratic SPD party Franziska Giffey, German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and the Social Democratic SPD Party's candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's state premier Manuela Schwesig hold bouquets of flowers as they arrive for a statement prior to an SPD leadership meeting at the party's headquarters in Berlin on September 27, 2021, one day after general elections. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP)