The Social Democrats take a very narrow lead over the Christian Democrats in the German election, where the forecasts are now starting to roll in.
Scholz said that the SPD has now been commissioned by voters to form a government and that the party is a pragmatic party "that knows how to govern".
- Everyone who has voted for us should be happy that we have progressed so much.
We have fought for a modernization of the country and for climate change, he says.