Die Linke top candidate Bernd Riexinger, Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Peer Steinbrueck, Christian Social Union (CSU) Bundestag faction leader Gerda Hasselfeldt, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greens (Die Gruenen) top candidate Juergen Trittin (L-R) pose after a TV discussion regarding the German general election (Bundestagswahl) results, at the ZDF studios in Berlin September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)