WIESBADEN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Andrea Ypsilanti (L), head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German state of Hesse and Tarek Al-Wazir, head of the Greens attend a news conference prior to coalition talks on October 7, 2008 in Wiesbaden, Germany. During an extraordinary party convention of Hesse SPD last Saturday, their delegates voted for a coalition government of the Social Democrates and the Greens, tolerated by the far left-wing party Die Linke, to replace the Christian Democratic cabinet. Hesse has been in political turmoil since inconclusive elections at the beginning of this year. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)