epa08059940 Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairs Saskia Esken (C) and Norbert Walter-Borjans (L) talk with German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (R) during the beginning of a Social Democratic Party (SPD) faction meeting in Berlin, Germany, 10 December 2019. The SPD parliamentary group assembles on a regular basis prior to sessions of the German parliament Bundestag. The new Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairs Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans attended the meeting for the first time after their election during the party convention. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN