Kurt Beck (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) receives applause from the delegates of a SPD party congress together with Andrea Ypsilanti (C), SPD leader in the German federal state of Hesse and Wolfgang Juettner (R), SPD leader in the federal German state of Lower-Saxony following his speech in Hanover June 23, 2007. The SPD is meeting in Hanover on Saturday for a one-day so-called 'future' party congress under the slogan 'Social Democracy in the 21st century'. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)