Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder talks to German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer at the start of a meeting of the leaders of the country's federal states with the German Chancellor on December 4, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder (L) looks on as Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (R) is hugged by German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer at the start of a meeting of the leaders of the country's federal states with the German Chancellor on December 4, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder (L) looks on as Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (R) is hugged by German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer at the start of a meeting of the leaders of the country's federal states with the German Chancellor on December 4, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This photograph taken on January 12, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France shows a smartphone and a computer screen displaying the logos of WhatsApp app and its parent company Meta. The EU said on December 4, 2025 it has opened an antitrust probe to determine if the way Meta is rolling out AI features in WhatsApp breaches the bloc's competition rules. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP via Getty Images)

A part of the chemical plants of the UPM Biorefining & Technology the Leuna Chemical Park near Leuna is pictured on November 14, 2025. Finnish materials group UPM unveiled a refinery in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the summer, taking a big risk on a 1.3 billion euro project ($1.5 billion) at a difficult time for the German chemicals sector. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY

A jar containing the starting product and some examples of how the end product can be used of the chemical plants of the UPM Biorefining & Technology are seen in the Leuna Chemical Park near Leuna on November 14, 2025. Finnish materials group UPM unveiled a refinery in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the summer, taking a big risk on a 1.3 billion euro project ($1.5 billion) at a difficult time for the German chemicals sector. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY

An aerial view shows the chemical plants of the UPM Biorefining & Technology the Leuna Chemical Park near Leuna on November 14, 2025. Finnish materials group UPM unveiled a refinery in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the summer, taking a big risk on a 1.3 billion euro project ($1.5 billion) at a difficult time for the German chemicals sector. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY

Martin Ledwon, Vice President Marketing, Sustainability & Communications of UPM Biorefining & Technology stands in the front of the chemical plants of the UPM Biorefining & Technology in the Leuna Chemical Park near Leuna on November 14, 2025. Finnish materials group UPM unveiled a refinery in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the summer, taking a big risk on a 1.3 billion euro project ($1.5 billion) at a difficult time for the German chemicals sector. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY