Erwin Sellering (bottom L), new Social Democratic state Premier of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and his Christian Democratic (CDU) deputy Juergen Seidel (bottom R), minister for economy, labour and tourism, pose with members of the new state government (top row L-R) Volker Schlotmann, Manuela Schwesig, Lorenz Caffier, Margret Seemann, (middle row L-R) Heike Polzin, Till Backhaus, Uta-Maria Kuder and Henry Tesch at the state chancellery in Schwerin October 6, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Charisius (GERMANY)