German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands at the window of his office, making a phone call before the arrival of the Finance and the Economy monister for a second meeting prior a coalition committee talks scheduled later in the day at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 6, 2024. A crisis rocking the German Chancellor's fractious three-party coalition is headed for a potential crunch point on November 6, 2024, amid fears the government could collapse. Discord on how to revive a flagging economy and carve up a tight budget has flared between Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) and his junior partners, the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP). (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)