'Final round' of ARD and ZDF before the general elections

The leading candidates Alexander Gauland (AfD, l-r), Joachim Herrmann (CSU, Minister of the Interior of Bavaria) and Christian Lindner (Chairman of the FDP), Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), the director of the ARD studio in Berlin, Tina Hassel, the director of the ZDF studio in Berlin, bettina Schausten, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD), the leading candidates Katrin Goering-Eckardt (Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen) and Sahra Wagenknecht (Die Linke) participate in the 'Schlussrunde' (lit. 'Final round') of the ARD and ZDF public broadcasting channels before the general elections in Berlin, Germany, 21 September 2017. The leading representatives of the seven parties that, according to the polls, will enter the Bundestag parliament were invited to the show. Photo: Maurizio Gambarini/dpa (Photo by Maurizio Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)