[Berlin_Freeper]

1623 GMT: "Up seven points on an increased turnout -- even if she loses the FDP, Merkel has given a lesson to the rest of Europe," tweets Frédéric Happe.

A fantastic result for the CDU, but the SPD's second worst result of all time.

#CDU seen two seats short of parliamentary majority #BTW13

[GeronL]

The media forecasts were wrong, I am so shocked. not.