Reported by Spiegel.

In the course of communication with journalists, Biden was informed about the preliminary results of the election race in Germany, according to which the SPD came out with a small margin.

"Blimey!

They are strong, ”the American leader responded.

The first deputy chairman of the European Commission Frans Timmermans earlier congratulated the candidate for chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Olaf Scholz on his success in the elections to the Bundestag.