A crow sits next to a Volkswagen logo of a car dealer in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Volkswagen cars of a car dealer are parked in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A Volkswagen logo of a car dealer is pictured in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, left, talks to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 20024. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)

German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, arrives at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov.7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Christian Lindner , former Federal Minister of Finance, 3d right, Marco Buschmann, former Federal Minister of Justice, 2nd right, Bettina Stark-Watzingerr, former Federal Minister of Education and Research, right, Volker Wissing, Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, centre, Joerg Kukies (SPD), new Federal Minister of Finance, 3rd left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, stand together in the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov.7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)