(LtoR) German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of State for Federal-State Cooperation Michael Meister, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, 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)