Manfred Weber, candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the next European Commission President, stands next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chairwoman of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party CDU, Bavarian State Governor Markus Soeder, Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and EPP President Joseph Daul, during a final campaign event ahead of the EU election in Munich, Germany, May 24, 2019.