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Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes foc ....