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(From L to R) These effigies in the likeness of German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Philipp Roesler, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Social Democrats (SPD) Chairman Sigmar Gabriel were part of a publicity campaign by the Initiative Neue Sociale Markwirtschaft critical of German spending policy. Germany's upper house of parliament is scheduled to vote on Friday whether to ratify the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the permanent bailout scheme for the euro zone.