(Row behind, L-R) German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Chief of Staff Helge Braun and (in the foreground, L-R) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on December 11, 2019. / AFP / Ronny Hartmann