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epa09546580 (L-R) Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, the wife of outgoing German Parliament 'Bundestag' president and chairman by seniority Wolfgang Schaeuble (not in the picture), Ingeborg Schaeuble, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former German Parliament president Rita Suessmuth look on during the constituent meeting at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 26 October 2021. The newly elected German Bundestag holds its constituent meeting of Parliament in its 20th electoral period. The meeting will be opened with a speech by the chairman by seniority followed by the election of the President of the Bundestag and the other members of the Presidium, as well as the decision on the agenda of the German Bundestag. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN