(L-R) Outgoing German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing and incoming Finance Minister Joerg Kukies listen as German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks before handing the dismissal orders to ministers and a certificate of appointment, at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 7, 2024. The day before, the German Chancellor sacked Finance minister Christian Lindner, from the pro-business Free Democrats FDP, leading to the breakdown of his three-party coalition government. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP) (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images)