Banner reads (in German): "Coal-Deal, SPD minister sells Brandenburgs future". Greenpeace volunteers protest in front of the Joint Planing Ministry Berlin-Brandenburg (Gemeinsamen Landesplanung Berlin-Brandenburg) against a contract between Vattenfall and the SPD government in Brandenburg. The contract on planned open pit mining in Welzow-Sued is signed by the minister Joerg Vogelsaenger (SPD).