Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel (C) walks past SPD General Secretary Andrea Nahles (R) and SPD treasurer Barbara Hendricks as he arrives for a meeting of the party leadership in Berlin on December 15, 2013 after Germany's centre-left Social Democrats approved yesterday the formation of a "grand coalition" government under Chancellor Angela Merkel. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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