(23 Feb 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin, Germany - 23 February 2025 1. Various of Christian Democratic Union supporters clapping as they hear exit poll results 2. SOUNDBITE (German) Volker Resing, journalist and writer: "It's an election victory for the CDU and Friedrich Merz. But a bitter election victory, because it is not certain whether he can form a stable coalition with the SPD." 3. Various of CDU supporters applauding results 4. SOUNDBITE (German) Volker Resing,