German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during the opening ceremony of a Tech Campus and Experience Center "Synnoscape" of the Niedax Infrastructure company in Neustadt (Wied), western Germany, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Martin Meissner / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

(L-R) German Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder, the CDU's main candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the western federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz Gordon Schnieder, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Niedax CEO Bruno Reufels attend the opening ceremony of a Tech Campus and Experience Center "Synnoscape" of the Niedax Infrastructure company in Neustadt (Wied), western Germany, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Martin Meissner / POOL AP / AFP via Getty Images)

(L-R) German Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder, the CDU's main candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the western federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz Gordon Schnieder, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Niedax CEO Bruno Reufels attend the opening ceremony of a Tech Campus and Experience Center "Synnoscape" of the Niedax Infrastructure company in Neustadt (Wied), western Germany, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Martin Meissner / POOL AP / AFP via Getty Images)

The CA-1 Europa, an autonomous uncrewed combat aerial vehicle, by German defence technology company Helsing is displayed during the inauguration of the Innovation Center of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Erding, Bavaria, southern Germany on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Michaela Stache / AFP via Getty Images)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C), Niedax CEO Bruno Reufels (L) and CDU candidate for Governor Gordon Schnieder cut the ribbon during the opening ceremony of a Tech Campus and Experience Center "Synnoscape" of the Niedax Infrastructure company in Neustadt (Wied), western Germany, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Martin Meissner / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The CA-1 Europa, an autonomous uncrewed combat aerial vehicle, by German defence technology company Helsing is displayed during the inauguration of the Innovation Center of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Erding, Bavaria, southern Germany on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Michaela Stache / AFP via Getty Images)

The CA-1 Europa, an autonomous uncrewed combat aerial vehicle, by German defence technology company Helsing is displayed during the inauguration of the Innovation Center of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Erding, Bavaria, southern Germany on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Michaela Stache / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This photograph shows a logo of French IT company Capgemini at the Capgemini headquarters in Paris on June 25, 2019. French IT giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary after row over ICE links, as learnt on February 1, 2026. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP via Getty Images)