Lawyers wait ahead of the start of the trial of the 2018 fatal collapse of two buildings in the rue d'Aubagne street at the courthouse in Marseille, southeastern France on November 7, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

Richard Carta, architect judicial expert, arrives at the courhouse for the start of the trial of the 2018 fatal collapse of two buildings in the rue d'Aubagne street in Marseille, southeastern France on November 7, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hands the dismissal order to German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 7, 2024. The day before, the German Chancellor sacked Finance minister of 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)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hands the dismissal order to German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 7, 2024. The day before, the German Chancellor sacked Finance minister of 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)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hands the dismissal order to German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 7, 2024. The day before, the German Chancellor sacked Finance minister of 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)

Erick Campana (R), lawyer of Julien Ruas, former employee of the Marseille city hall speaks to the press ahead of the start of the trial of the 2018 fatal collapse of two buildings in the rue d'Aubagne street at the courthouse in Marseille, southeastern France on November 7, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

New German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies (L) speaks with German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (C) and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius after his swearing-in at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, 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 John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

New German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies (L) speaks with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius after his swearing-in at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, 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 John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)