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epa09546408 Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Volker Wissing (L) and German Minister of Finance and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for the federal elections Olaf Scholz (R) talk prior to the beginning of 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