New Bundestag Convenes As Old Government Is Dismissed

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 22: SPD Bundestag faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L), Cem Oezdemir, co-leader of the German Greens Party (Buendnis 90/DIE GRUENEN) (M) and Sigmar Gabriel, chair of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) (R) talk during the inaugural session of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on October 22, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The sessions heralds the beginning of the 18th legislative period, though the German government remains in transition as the Christian Democrats (CDU) and German Social Democrats (SPD) are still in the process of coalition negotiations. (Photo by Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images)