SPD Federal Convention: An Alternative View

LEIPZIG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 14: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was processed using digital filters). Sigmar Gabriel (R), Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD), chats with Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit at the SPD federal party convention on November 14, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. The SPD is currently involved in tedious negotiations with the German Christian Democrats (CDU) in an effort to create a new German government, though so far the two parties are finding little common ground. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)