Stock Photo - 03 October 2022, Thuringia, Erfurt: Andreas Bausewein (l., SPD), Mayor of Erfurt, welcomes Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2nd from left), Federal President, and his wife Elke Büdenbender (3rd from left), Bärbel Bas (4th from left, SPD), President of the Bundestag, Olaf Scholz (4th from right, SPD), Federal Chancellor, Bodo Ramelow (3rd from right, Die Linke), Prime Minister of Thuringia and President of the Bundesrat, and his wife Germana Alberti vom Hofe (2nd from right) and Stephan Harbarth (r), President of the Federal Constitutional Court, after an ecumenical service in St. Mary's Cathedral to mark German Unity Day in the state capital Erfurt. Traditionally, the state that provides the president of the state chamber hosts the central celebration around October 3. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa. - Erfurt/Thuringia/Germany