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Peer Steinbrück has already received former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's endorsment to be the Social Democratic candidate for the 2013 general election. And Peer Steinbrück was certainly pleased to get this backing. But the SPD’s former Federal Minister of Finance doesn't enjoy wide support in his party. He remains a controversial figure.