Franz Muentefering, leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), and German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz (L) look on after both wrote slogans on buildings of a Diorama designed by Germany's SPD during their visit at the model railway 'Miniatur Wunderland' in Hamburg September 5, 2009. The model railway exhibition offered a small Diorama to most of the German parties to design their 'Idealland' (Ideal country) which will be integrated in the huge model railway. General elections will be held in Germany on September 27. Muentefering wrote the slogan meaning 'take the life as it is, but change it' and Scholz wrote the slogan 'nobody should be left on the roadside.' Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Franz Muentefering, leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), and German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz (L) look on after both wrote slogans on buildings of a Diorama designed by Germany's SPD during their visit at the model railway 'Miniatur Wunderland' in Hamburg September 5, 2009. The model railway exhibition offered a small Diorama to most of the German parties to design their 'Idealland' (Ideal country) which will be integrated in the huge model railway. General elections will be held in Germany on September 27. Muentefering wrote the slogan meaning 'take the life as it is, but change it' and Scholz wrote the slogan 'nobody should be left on the roadside.'

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  9. German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz awaits the start of the last cabinet meeting of the coalition between Social Democrats and Christian Democrats in Berlin, October 7, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's victorious conservatives began coalition talks with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) to determine the shape and policies of the new German government.
  10. German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz awaits the start of the last cabinet meeting of the coalition between Social Democrats and Christian Democrats in Berlin, October 7, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's victorious conservatives began coalition talks with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) to determine the shape and policies of the new German government.
  11. German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) of the SPD await the last cabinet meeting of the coalition between Social Democrats and Christian Democrats in Berlin, October 7, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's victorious conservatives began coalition talks with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) to determine the shape and policies of the new German government.
  12. President of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) Michael Sommer (C) welcomes Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and Labour Minister Olaf Scholz to a ceremony marking the DGB's 60th anniversary in the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin October 5, 2009.

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