Chairman of the reform communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
Lothar Bisky (R) and top candidate Gregor Gysi (L) walk on the podium
with the new party name at their convention convention in Berlin July 17,
2005. The PDS decided during the convention to change their party name
into 'Die Linke' (The Left Party) for a political marriage of the WASG
and PDS ahead of an expected September election. The slogan reads
'For a new socialist idea'. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch