Top candidate of the Green Party (Die Gruenen) Juergen Trittin talks during a news conference in Berlin, September 16, 2013. Angela Merkel's allies swept to victory in a state election in Bavaria on Sunday, regaining the absolute assembly majority they lost in 2008 and providing a show of conservative strength for the chancellor a week before Germany goes to the polls. The writing reads: "And now you?" REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)