(16 Dec 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin, Germany - 16 December 2024 1. German Eagle 2. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greeting ministers 3. CDU leader Friedrich Merz arriving 4. Merz and party members talking with head of FDP party Christian Lindner 5. Cameras 6. Scholz looking into his folder 7. Lawmakers 8. Scholz greeting SPD co-party leader Lars Klingbeil 9. Cameras 10. Scholz talking to other ministers 11. Scholz walking towards podium 12. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz,