PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Politics

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz attend a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz, center, delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Alternative for Germany, AFD, party co-leader Alice Weidel speaks during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, listen to opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Alternative for Germany, AFD, party co-leader Alice Weidel speaks to other lawmakers during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Alternative for Germany, AFD, party co-leader Alice Weidel speaks during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Alternative for Germany, AFD, party leaders Tilo Chrupalla, left, and Alice Weidel, center right, attend a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz, right, delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Green Party co-faction leader Kathrin Droege, center, sits between other lawmakers during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz, center, delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

First row from left: German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz and the lawmakers Thorsten Frei and Alexander Dobrint attend a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz delivers his speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz, left, sits next to lawmakers Thorsten Frei, center, and Alexander Dobrint, right, during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and German Vice Chancellor and Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, attend a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)