Germany's Christian Social Union (CSU) party leader and Prime Minister of the German state of Bavaria, Edmund Stoiber smiles as he answers reporter's questions in front of an alpine panorama after his speech at the second day of the CSU meeting in Wildbad Kreuth, January 7. The party leadership stay in Wildbad Kreuth for a traditional three day party meeting to discuss Germany's actual political situation.

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