Steinmeier Relieves Outgoing Government

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 24: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) speaks next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor and German Foreign Minister Siegmar Gabriel and other ministers of the government giving documents that bother relieves her current government but also maintains her position as Chancellor for the period until a new government is formed at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on October 24, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Today's ceremony follows German federal elections in September. Merkel, who leads the German Christian Democrats (CDU), is negotiating with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the German Greens Party (Buendnis 90/ Die Gruenen) to create a new government coalition. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)