STORY: (NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS WITHOUT SPEAKER TEXT) Franziska Giffey (SPD), acting mayor of Berlin after voting: “Well, I’m going in with the good feeling that the Social Democrats have done everything to ensure that this election is well prepared is. But also so that we promote a social and democratic city. We would like to remain the leading force in this city. We want to ensure that social, economic progress and ecological development are considered together. And we really do the whole Keep an eye on the city. That’s what we stood for. The Social Democrats have been out on the streets a lot. The comrades have achieved an incredible amount in the last few days and weeks. That was a very intense election campaign. And I can tell you today: We have I did everything that was possible. And I’m very excited about the result. We know that many people in our city would have wished there ss this election should not have taken place. I can’t undo the mistakes that happened back then. But we can now make sure that works well. And the way I hear it now, things are going well at the polling stations. The people come. It has to be said that it was very good election weather. We have neither ice nor snow nor rain. And you can combine that wonderfully with a Sunday walk. And so we hope that we’ll just have a good turnout today.”