The Reichstag building, which houses Germany's lower house of parliament (Bundestag), is reflected in a glass facade in Berlin on December 27, 2024. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the parliament after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote spelling the effective end of his troubled government and putting Europe's biggest economy on the path to elections on February 23, 2025. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)