The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and the PES candidate to be the next Commission President, Nicolas Schmit, left, talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, right, ahead of the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes part in the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Katarina Barley, left, hugs German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, as they arrive at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, third left, talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second right, and PES President Stefan Lofven, right, before a group photo ahead of the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, talks with Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, right, as they arrive at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, looks at Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, left, before a group photo is taken ahead of the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)