German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) arrives to meet the German President to ask him to dissolve the parliament after the vote of no-confidence at the Bundestag, on December 16, 2024, at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin. German lawmakers on December 16, 2024 ended the reign of centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a vote of no confidence, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23. (Photo by Annegret Hilse / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANNEGRET HILSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)