German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and SPD chairman Franz Muentefering wave to delegates at a Social Democrats party meeting in Berlin. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and SPD chairman Franz Muentefering wave to delegates after Schroeders' speech at a Social Democrats one-day extraordinary party meeting in Berlin August 31, 2005. Germany's elections will be held on September 18, one year ahead of schedule, after the country's highest court ruled the early vote engineered by Schroeder legal. REUTERS/Michael Dalder