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Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) gestures during his speech at SPD party convention in Berlin, December 4, 2011.

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) gives a keynote speech at a SPD party convention in Berlin, December 4, 2011.

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) waves after his speech at SPD party convention in Berlin, December 4, 2011.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 04: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a leading member of the German Social Democrats (SPD), speaks at the SPD annual federal congress on December 4, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The SPD is Germany's biggest opposition party and has seen its popularity rise in the last...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 04: Andrea Nahles (R), General Secretary of the German Social Democrats (SPD), and leading SPD member Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend the SPD annual federal congress on December 4, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The SPD is Germany's biggest opposition party and has...

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) speaks with German Social Democrat SPD MP's faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and head of SPD Party Sigmar Gabriel (2dL) at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on October 26, 2011. Angela Merkel made a plea for...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speaks with German Social Democrat (SPD) and Bundestag member Carsten Schneider (L) and SPD MP's faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (back) before giving a speech at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on October 26, 2011. ...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) listens to Frank -Walter Steinmeier (R), parliamentary group leader of the social democratic SPD party, during a sitting at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament in Berlin on September 7, 2011. Merkel said that a pivotal court ruling...

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Parliamentary faction leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) speaks during a budget debate in the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament in Berlin, September 7, 2011. Pictured in the background are: German Foreign Minister Guido...

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The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (L), SPD top-candidate in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, State Premier Erwin Sellering (2nd R), SPD parliamentary fraction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and SPD deputy party chief Manuela Schwesig pose for...

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Parliamentary faction leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Frank-Walter Steinmeier, attends a faction meeting in Berlin, January 12, 2012.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Jerusalem 23 July 2006. Top diplomats from France, Germany and Britain converged on Israel on Sunday ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as world powers...

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State premier of Northrhine-Westphalia and member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Hannelore Kraft (L) chats with party fellow Frank-Walter Steinmeier before a party board meeting in Berlin December 12, 2011.

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Social Democratic chairman Sigmar Gabriel (L) talks to Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the party convention of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, December 6, 2011.

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Social Democrat Peer Steinbrueck (C) receives applause from chairman Sigmar Gabriel (L) and party fellow Frank-Walter Steinmeier after his speech at the party convention of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, December 6, 2011.

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French Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande (L) speaks with German Social Democrats parlamentary group leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier after giving a speech on December 5, 2011 in Berlin during the annual federal congress of German Social Democrats party SPD.

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(From L) Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Hannelore Kraft, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Sigmar Gabriel and Olaf Scholz applaud a speech at the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) annual convention in Berlin December 4, 2011. Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt addresses the party congress...

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Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt (L) confers with leader of the SPD in parliament Frank-Walter Steinmeier after addressing the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) annual convention in Berlin December 4, 2011. With the slogan 'our capital: democracy and justice' the congress takes...

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Andrea Nahles (R) of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) listens to party fellow Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a SPD party convention in Berlin, December 4, 2011.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 09: German Social Democrats (SPD) party Bundestag faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during debates at the Bundestag on Germany's future energy policy on June 9, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is seeking to push...

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The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary faction Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a session of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament in Berlin, about a neo-Nazi group that had been on a nationwide ten-year killing spree, November 22, 2011.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) listens to Frank-Walter Steinmeier, parliamentary group leader of the social democratic SPD party, speaking at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on October 26, 2011. Angela Merkel made a plea for parliamentary support on beefing...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and opposition leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the social democratic SPD (L) arrives for a debate at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on October 26, 2011. Merkel was set to make a plea for parliamentary support on beefing up...

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Parliamentary faction leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Frank-Walter Steinmeier makes a speech in the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin October 26, 2011, ahead of a Parliamentary vote on boosting the firepower of the euro zone rescue fund. German Chancellor Angela...

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and SPD Parliamentary faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L-R) talk in the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin October 26, 2011, ahead of a Parliamentary vote on...