EU parliament Socialists chairman Martin Schulz speaks during a party congress of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Dresden, November 13, 2009. The party congress will be held in the city from November 13 to 15, 2009.

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (S&D) chairman Martin Schulz (L) talks to Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Chairman Guy Verhofstadt (R) during a meeting of the Presidents of the European Parliament's political groups at the EU Parliament in...

Martin Schulz, chairman of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), points his nose ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels September 9, 2009. Barroso is seeking the support of the EP's...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) is welcomed by Martin Schulz (L), chairman of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) in Brussels September 9, 2009. Barroso is seeking the support of the EP's political groups as...

Martin Schulz (L-R), chairman of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Rebecca Harms, co-president of Green Europe Ecologie party, Guy Verhofstadt, chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and Joseph Daul, chairman of European People Party...

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega (L) and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos (R) talk to Martin Schulz, President of the Group of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, during a conference of Presidents of the European...

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Martin Schulz (L) President of the European Socialist Group chat during an election rally of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin on June 5, 2009. European Parliamentary elections are taking place in Germany on June 7, 2009.

Newly elected leading members of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), treasurer Barbara Hendricks, Deputy Leaders Klaus Wowereit, Hannelore Kraft and Olaf Scholz, Secretary General Andrea Nahles, Party Leader Sigmar Gabriel, Deputy Leader Manuela Schwesig and Representative to the EU...

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DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Newly elected leading members of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), including Treasurer Barbara Hendricks, co-Deputy Chairman Klaus Wowereit, co-Deputy Chairwoman Hannelore Kraft, co-Deputy Chairman Olaf Scholz, General Secretary Andrea...

Martine Aubry (C), head of French Socialist Party, Martin Schulz (L), Georges Papandreou (2nd L) and Juan-Fernando Lopez Aguilar (R), attend a Socialist political rally for the upcoming European Parliament elections in Toulouse, southwestern France, April 24, 2009.

Martin Schulz, Head of list for Germany, delivers a speech during the Socialist political rally for the upcoming European Parliament elections in Toulouse, southwestern France, April 24, 2009.

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Former US president Bill Clinton (L) speaks during the opening of the Global Progressive Forum as Chairman of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (2-L), President of the European Socialist Group, German Martin Schulz (C), Former President of European Parliament Josep...

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (S&D) chairman Martin Schulz addresses a news conference after a meeting of the Presidents of the European Parliament's political groups at the EU Parliament in Brussels September 10, 2009. European Commission President Jose Manuel...

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Chairman of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European Parliament Martin Schulz of Germany talks to the media during a press conference on "Constitutive session" held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday July 2, 2009.

Leader of Germany'y Social Democrats SPD Franz Muentefering (L) hands over flowers to SPD top candidate Martin Schulz during a party board meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2009. At the European polls on Sunday support for SPD, who have shared power with Angela Merkel's conservatives in a loveless...

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SPD party leader Franz Muentefering (L) and SPD main candidate Martin Schulz react to exit polls at the SPD party headquarters in Berlin during the European Elections on June 7, 2009. The Social Democrats SPD's score was little changed on 2004's 21.5 percent, the party's worst-ever score. Most...

Leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party SPD Franz Muentefering (L) comforts SPD top candidate Martin Schulz after fist results during the European Parliament election in Berlin, June 7, 2009. German voters punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and coalition ally the Social...

Martine Aubry (L), head of the French Socialist Party, Martin Schulz, Head of list of Germany (2nd R) and Georges Papandreou (R), Leader of PASOK, wave at the end of the Socialist political rally for the upcoming European Parliament elections in Toulouse, southwestern France, April 24, 2009...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) delivers a speech in front of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (2nd R), Party of the European Socialists (PES) Chairman, and Martin Schulz, European Parliament Socialist group Chairman, at the Global Progressive Forum staged inside the EU Parliament in Brussels...

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Former US President Bill Clinton, left, gestures while addressing the "Global Progressive Forum" organized by the (PSE) European Socialist Party and held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday April 2, 2009. At right is the President of the (PSE) European Socialist Party Martin...

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Former US President Bill Clinton, left, gestures while addressing the "Global Progressive Forum" organized by the (PSE) European Socialist Party and held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday April 2, 2009. Second from left is former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen,...

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French National Front far right party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, talks with the National Front's No. 2 official, Bruno Gollnisch, during a vote at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday March 25, 2009. Le Pen caused a storm in the EU parliament on Wednesday...