On the election evening, party leader Lars Klingbeil also admitted that the catastrophic result of its SPD means a political “turning point” in the Bundestag election – and called for a “generation change” to the German Social Democrats. In fact, there was nothing to gloss over in view of the election result: With 16.4 percent, the current Chancellor party with its top candidate Olaf Scholz had cut off more like never before in its history.