Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, top candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SPD, talks to his supporters after the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. In background a statue of former SPD leader Willy Brandt. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, top candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SPD, talks to his supporters after the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. In background a statue of former SPD leader Willy Brandt.

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  1. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: German politican Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  2. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  3. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  4. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Sigmar Gabriel (C), new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier (2nd from R) and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles (R) applaude outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (2nd from L) after Muentefering's speech at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's chairmanship, later in the day.
  5. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Sigmar Gabriel, new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles listen to outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering speak at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's and Nahels's candidacy, later in the day.
  6. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Sigmar Gabriel, new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles listen to outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering speak at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's and Nahels's candidacy, later in the day.
  7. Designated leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (C) arrives for a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two, began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  8. Outgoing leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Franz Muentefering (R) and designated party leader Sigmar Gabriel attend a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two, began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  9. Outgoing leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Franz Muentefering (R) and designated party leader Sigmar Gabriel attend a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two,. began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  10. Designated leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel attends a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two, began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  11. Designated leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel attends a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two, began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  12. Designated leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel attends a party board meeting in Berlin October 5, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, still reeling from their worst election since World War Two, began a leadership shake-up on Tuesday as they prepared to head into opposition for the first time in more than a decade.
  13. PICTURE PACKAGE OF NINE PHOTOS SHOWING THE SITUATION ON HISTORIC SPOTS IN BERLIN - 20 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL - - Photo taken Oct. 31, 2009 at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, and displaying a photo of Reverend Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader, invited to Berlin by West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, as he visits on September 13, 1964 the red wall at the border Potsdamer Platz. An Associated Press archive photo set in the same location to mark the 20 year anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  14. Franz Muentefering (C), outgoing leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), arrives among party fellows to a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of late German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913-1992) at a cemetery in Berlin, October 8, 2009.
  15. Franz Muentefering, outgoing leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), attends a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913-1992) at a cemetery in Berlin, October 8, 2009.
  16. Franz Muentefering, outgoing leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913-1992) at a cemetery in Berlin, October 8, 2009.

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