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epa03887334 Simone Peter, the Saarland state's former Minister for the Environment, of the German Alliance 90/The Greens party, speaks at the party's State Council (Laenderrat) party conference, in Berlin, Germany, 28 September 2013. Simone Peter is expected to run for the co-chair post of the party's leadership after Claudia Roth announced to resign from her post effective in November 2013. EPA/SOEREN STACHE