German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck arrives for a Social Democrats (SPD) party board meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2009. At the European polls on Sunday support for SPD, who have shared power with Merkel's conservatives in a loveless coalition since 2005, languished at record lows in a blow to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's hopes of becoming chancellor. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)