SPD head Platzeck and top candidate Vogt pose prior to a meeting of the SPD board in Stuttgart
Matthias Platzeck (R), head of Social Democratic Party (SPD) poses with Ute Vogt, top candidate for the upcoming state election in Germany's states of Baden-Wuerttemberg prior to a meeting of the SPD board in Stuttgart March 13, 2006. State elections will be held in Germany's third biggest federal state on March 26. REUTERS/Alex Grimm