German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to participants at the Deutsche Telekom AG forum, in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

Parts of the Reichstag building with the Bundestag and the Paul Löbe House in Berlin's government district are reflected in the Spree at night, early Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

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

Germany's Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, center, presents Christian Lindner, former Federal Minister of Finance, right, with his certificate of dismissal with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at left, at Bellevue Palace, in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves a statement after a meeting with government leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement after a meeting with government leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Christian Lindner Germany's former Federal Minister of Finance, Marco Buschmann, former Federal Minister of Justice, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, former Federal Minister of Education and Research, and Volker Wissing, Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, walk at Bellevue Palace, in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Christian Lindner, center, outgoing Federal Minister of Finance, speaks during a press conference at the FDP party headquarters, in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz arrives for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, Nov.7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)