JB 36 Berlín - Uprostred vpravo nemecký prezident Frank-Walter Steinmeier a uprostred vľavo jeho manželka a prvá dáma Nemecka Elke Büdenbenderová vítajú členov federálnej vlády na čele s nemeckým kancelárom Friedrichom Merzom (piaty zľava) počas novoročnej recepcie v Paláci Bellevue v Berlíne 9. januára 2026. FOTO TASR/AP German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke BĂĽdenbender, centre, welcome the members of the Federal Government, from left, Minister of State for Culture and the Media Wolfram Weimer, Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Stefanie Hubig, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Federal Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger, and Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks Thorsten Frei, at the New Year's reception hosted by German President Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace, in Berlin, Friday Jan. 9, 2026. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)