Chancellor Candidate <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Peer+Steinbrueck&family=editorial&specificpeople=209110 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Peer Steinbrueck</a> attend the annual Christmas market the day before the SPD federal party convention on December 8, 2012 in Hanover, Germany. The SPD will convene to set its policy course for the next year and to celebrate Steinbrueck, who will run for chancellor in elections set for 2013.