(LtoR) German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas, German Minister of State for Federal-State Cooperation Michael Meister, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign Office Gunther Krichbaum and other cabinet ministers arrive to pose for a group photo during a two-day meeting of the German federal cabinet at the Villa Borsig, guesthouse of the German Foreign Ministry, in Berlin on September 30, 2025. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)