The 13th Political Ash Wednesday ("Politischer Aschermittwoch") of the CDU-Kreisverband Steinfurt in Recke, Kreis Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Among the CDU politicians on the podium were (from left to right) the member of the Bundestag Anja Karliczek, the member of the European Parliament Dr. Markus Pieper and Secretary of State of Germany Karl-Josef Laumann.