Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader and former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner walks to attend a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, after Christian Democratic Party (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown, including the rejection of asylum seekers at the country’s land borders, in Berlin, Germany, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben