Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R-L), German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and new German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies are pictured 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)

Mayors of the Toulouse metropolitan area pose for a photograph as they gather in the courtyard of the Occitanie prefecture to protest against the budget cuts announced by the French government in Toulouse, wouthwestern France, on November 7, 2024. Several dozen local councillors from the Toulouse region of France, rallied in front of the Haute-Garonne prefecture on November 7, 2024, to express their "anger" towards the "drastic and brutal" cost-cutting measures they are being asked to implement in the 2025 Finance Bill, AFP journalists observed. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Mayors of the Toulouse metropolitan area gather in the courtyard of the Occitanie prefecture to protest against the budget cuts announced by the French government in Toulouse, wouthwestern France, on November 7, 2024. Several dozen local councillors from the Toulouse region of France, rallied in front of the Haute-Garonne prefecture on November 7, 2024, to express their "anger" towards the "drastic and brutal" cost-cutting measures they are being asked to implement in the 2025 Finance Bill, AFP journalists observed. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (L) shakes hands with new German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies (R) 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)

(L-R) Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, new Finance Minister Joerg Kukies and the outgoing ministers of the Free Democrats FDP party Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann and Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger pose with their respective letter of appointment and the dismissal orders after a ceremony 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)

TOPSHOT - Mayors of the Toulouse metropolitan area pose for a picture as they gather in the courtyard of the Occitanie prefecture to protest against the budget cuts announced by the French government in Toulouse, wouthwestern France, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Mayor of Toulouse, Jean Luc Moudenc (C) and Mayor of Colomiers, Karine Traval-Michelet (Centre-R) take part in a rally in the courtyard of the Occitanie prefecture to protest against the budget cuts announced by the French government in Toulouse, wouthwestern France, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) shakes hands with new German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies 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)