(L-R) German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing and outgoing German Finance Minister Christian Lindner stand side by side after Lindner got the dismissal orders by German President 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)

(L-R) German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing and outgoing German Finance Minister Christian Lindner stand side by side after Lindner got the dismissal orders by German President 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)

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speak 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)

German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing (R) walks past Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 7, 2024. The day before, the German Chancellor sacked the Finance minister 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)

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks 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)

German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil (L) shakes hands with German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing 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 (C) speaks with (L-R) Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and MP Niels Annen before 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)

German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs Volker Wissing attends 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)