GERMANY-ELECTIONS:KASSEL,GERMANY,10JAN99 - German Finance Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Oskar Lafontaine (R) applauses beside the Prime Minister of the German state Hessen Hans Eichel during an election event in Kassel, January 10. Lafontaine and Eichel visited Kassel during an election rally for the upcoming state elections in the German state of Hessen on February 7.

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