German Chancellor <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Angela+Merkel&family=editorial&specificpeople=202161 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Angela Merkel</a> (front) smiles as she walks past German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Guido+Westerwelle&family=editorial&specificpeople=208748 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Guido Westerwelle</a>, German Economy Minister <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Rainer+Bruederle&family=editorial&specificpeople=2146238 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Rainer Bruederle</a> and German Family Minister Kristina Schroeder during the New Year's reception at Bellevue Palace on January 13, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. German President Christian Wulff invites guests from all groups of the society for the annual New Year's reception.