KIEL, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 05:  Wolfgang Kubicki, lead candidate in the Schleswig holstein of the German free Demorcrats (FDP) political party talks to the media before the first "large event" in the final phase of the party's election campaign on September 5, 2013 in Kiel, Germany. The FDP is the junior partner in the current German government coalition and has struggled in the last four years to maintain popular support. Germany faces federal elections scheduled for September 22.  (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)