(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Agriculture Alois Rainer, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, German Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign Office Gunther Krichbaum, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger, unknown and German Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building Verena Hubertz arrive to pose for a family photo during a retreat meeting of the German cabinet on August 25, 2026 in Neuhardenberg, northeastern Germany. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

(R-L) Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Tasks Nina Warken, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Reem Alabali-Radovan attend a two day retreat meeting of the German cabinet on August 25, 2026 in Neuhardenberg, northeastern Germany. (Photo by Liesa Johannssen / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

(R-L) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Reem Alabali-Radovan attend a two day retreat meeting of the German cabinet on August 25, 2026 in Neuhardenberg, northeastern Germany. (Photo by Liesa Johannssen / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

(R-L) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas and German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer attend a two day retreat meeting of the German cabinet on August 25, 2026 in Neuhardenberg, northeastern Germany. (Photo by Liesa Johannssen / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

A man is leaning against a railing next to the marked entry point of the Greenwich Meridian in Western Europe in Villers-sur-Mer on August 18, 2026. On March 9, 1911, France adopted the Greenwich meridian to align with Universal Time. It enters Western Europe at Villers-sur-Mer. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP via Getty Images)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 24: U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he walks to board Air Force Two on August 24, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Vance is traveling to Maine to speak at CompoTech, a defense technology company. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 24: U.S. Vice President JD Vance disembarks Air Force Two on August 24, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Vance traveled to Maine to speak at CompoTech, a defense technology company. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

US Vice President JD Vance steps off Air Force Two on August 24, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Vance traveled to Maine to speak at CompoTech, a defense technology company. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)