The leaders of the Green Party (Die Gruenen) Claudia Roth (L) and Cem Oezdemir (2nd L) and the party's top-candidates Katrin Goering-Eckardt (2nd R) and Juergen Trittin speak during a news conference after yesterday's general election in Berlin, September 23, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces the daunting prospect of persuading her centre-left rivals to keep her in power after her conservatives notched up their best election result in more than two decades but fell short of an absolute majority. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)