Social Democrats Decide Over New Leadership

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering of the German Social Democrats (SPD) and Sigmar Gabriel (R) adress the media during a press conference following a meeting of the party's executive committee at Willy-Brandt-Haus on October 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Muentefering announced that the party will nominate current Minister of the Environment Sigmar Gabriel as new party chairman at the SPD national congress in November. The SPD is still reeling from disastrous results in recent German federal elections that will relegate the party out of government positions and into the opposition. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)