Extraordinary session of the outgoing lower house of parliament, the

A general view of the empty seats of the Bundestag, ahead of an extraordinary session of the outgoing lower house of parliament for a vote to adopt the draft law brought by the SPD and CDU/CSU parliamentary groups to reform constitutional debt rules and set up a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund, in Berlin, Germany March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner