An election banner is displayed in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million could boost the chances of Fico's leftist Smer party to win the vote. The banner reads: "For peace, for Robert Fico." (AP Photo/Tomas Benedikovic)
A woman prepares her ballots for the European Parliament elections at a polling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, June 7, 2024. (Katerina Sulova/CTK via AP)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni casts her vote for the European Parliament elections, in Rome, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Nearly 400 million European Union citizens have been going to polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Kids play games on mobile phones while sitting on a bench during an electoral rally of the Dreapta Unita, or the United Right, an alliance of center right political parties, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Romania will hold local and European Parliament elections on June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A woman walks past campaign posters for the upcoming European election in Colombes, west of Paris, Thursday, June 6, 2024. The European Election will take place on June 9. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A woman casts her ballot during European Parliamentary elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million could boost the chances of Fico's leftist Smer party to win the vote. (AP Photo/Tomas Benedikovic)
FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, speaks with Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, on March 21, 2024. It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted? (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives to vote for the European Parliament elections, in Rome, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Nearly 400 million European Union citizens have been going to polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
From left, Federal Chairman of the CDU Friedrich Merz, CSU lead candidate for the European elections Manfred Weber, President of the European Commission and EU and EPP lead candidate Ursula von der Leyen, and Chairman of the CSU and Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder take part in the CDU and CSU closing rally for the European elections in the Lowenbraukeller, in Munich, Germany, Friday June 7, 2024. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a ceremony at the Danish monument outside of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Frederiksen has been assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, according to a report on Friday, June 7, 2024 by the state news agency Ritzau. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders of the PVV, or Party for Freedom, casts his ballot for the European election in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday June 6th for the bloc's parliament. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
A man casts his ballot during European Parliamentary elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million could boost the chances of Fico's leftist Smer party to win the vote. (AP Photo/Tomas Benedikovic)
A woman walks past an election banner in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million could boost the chances of Fico's leftist Smer party to win the vote. The banner reads: "For peace, for Robert Fico." (AP Photo/Tomas Benedikovic)
President of the European Commission and EU and EPP lead candidate Ursula von der Leyen takes part in the CDU and CSU closing rally for the European elections in the Lowenbraukeller, in Munich, Germany, Friday June 7, 2024. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
A man stands at an election kiosk of the ruling party of New Democracy in Athens, Greece, Friday, June 7, 2024. The European Election will take place on June 9. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)