![Hannah Mckay French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron enter a voting booth during the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f8b635f19d114a51a557330675981560/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron enter a voting booth during the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)
![Denes Erdos An elderly man casts his ballot in a mobile ballot box during European Parliamentary elections, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b34d7538a9214fa8a396f822e21991bc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
An elderly man casts his ballot in a mobile ballot box during European Parliamentary elections, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Vadim Ghirda A woman exits a voting cabin after casting her vote in European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a8d506037a134460b928af254c0e68a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman exits a voting cabin after casting her vote in European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
![Zsolt Czegledi Traditional Hungarian horse-herdsman, so-called csikos, Janos Garai, casts his vote at a polling station during the European Parliament and local elections, in Hortobagy, Hungary, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/72253e887e224651815544262da6fc65/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Traditional Hungarian horse-herdsman, so-called csikos, Janos Garai, casts his vote at a polling station during the European Parliament and local elections, in Hortobagy, Hungary, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)
![J'rG Carstensen Alice Weidel, center, and Tino Chrupalla, center rught, both AfD federal chairmen, cheer at the AfD party headquarters during the forecast for the European elections, in Berlin, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aed6c350e76946659d258617fa385772/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Alice Weidel, center, and Tino Chrupalla, center rught, both AfD federal chairmen, cheer at the AfD party headquarters during the forecast for the European elections, in Berlin, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)
![Alvaro Barrientos Nuns look at ballot papers at a polling station in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reach their climax Sunday as the last 27 nations go to the polls and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between eurosceptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/517dabc2ee7f43db80e07773c31eef01/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Nuns look at ballot papers at a polling station in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reach their climax Sunday as the last 27 nations go to the polls and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between eurosceptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
![Czarek Sokolowski Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who leads a centrist, pro-EU party, votes in the election for the European Parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/19907802b43245f794da504712f8fb65/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who leads a centrist, pro-EU party, votes in the election for the European Parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
![Vadim Ghirda People vote in European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/616c45c43d074a7cb2d796de579c1bc9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People vote in European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
![Julian Stratenschulte Ursula von der Leyen, left, President of the European Commission, walks to a ballot box outside a polling station in the Hanover region with her husband Heiko to cast her vote in the European Parliament elections, in Burgdorf, Germany on Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/12afa078bb964c4aace2fc757e8a284f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ursula von der Leyen, left, President of the European Commission, walks to a ballot box outside a polling station in the Hanover region with her husband Heiko to cast her vote in the European Parliament elections, in Burgdorf, Germany on Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert A monk from the Sint-Sixtus Abbey opens the curtain to a voting booth after casting his vote in Vleteren, Belgium, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1ae93da172f142aba6a6b6af43ef6a22/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A monk from the Sint-Sixtus Abbey opens the curtain to a voting booth after casting his vote in Vleteren, Belgium, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Hannah Mckay French President Emmanuel Macron votes during the European election, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a9afc2534e664cb7b5631678afe0b9bb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron votes during the European election, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)
![Kay Nietfeld German Chancellor Olaf Scholz casts his ballot for the European Parliament elections, in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f12bb24464e14ad5a28f1ec0de138917/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz casts his ballot for the European Parliament elections, in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
![Emilio Morenatti Drag queen Bernat Bodes, known as Pitita, left, takes a break from her duties as president of a polling station during the European Parliament elections in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e65aaea320d8426ea3b145081ce363b2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Drag queen Bernat Bodes, known as Pitita, left, takes a break from her duties as president of a polling station during the European Parliament elections in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
![Yorgos Karahalis Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis casts his ballot during the European Elections in Athens, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3f3eb9f6b88c41d5a206638f5a982429/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis casts his ballot during the European Elections in Athens, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
![Christoph Soeder From left, Ricarda Lang, Federal Chairperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Terry Reintke, the Greens' lead candidate for the 2024 European elections, and Omid Nouripour, Federal Chairperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, react to the first projections at the Greens' election party in the Columbiahalle, in Berlin, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/585328a056d0408284a55087a78a431b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
From left, Ricarda Lang, Federal Chairperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Terry Reintke, the Greens' lead candidate for the 2024 European elections, and Omid Nouripour, Federal Chairperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, react to the first projections at the Greens' election party in the Columbiahalle, in Berlin, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
![Lewis Joly A view of ballots in a box during the European Parliament elections, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b39b415df337402ea7f5fdbe9dba0878/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A view of ballots in a box during the European Parliament elections, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
![Silas Stein Katharina Moser, dressed in traditional Black Forest attire. with red Bollenhut hat, casts her ballot for the European Parliament elections at the polling stationm in Gutach im Breisgau, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6c99b08543f142c5994cf1fc51c9cb42/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Katharina Moser, dressed in traditional Black Forest attire. with red Bollenhut hat, casts her ballot for the European Parliament elections at the polling stationm in Gutach im Breisgau, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
![Robert Michael Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the European Parliament elections Maximilian Krah casts his vote for the European Parliament and local elections at a polling station in Dresden, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2b0d2cca1b6d4b918f59f41c30a58b60/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the European Parliament elections Maximilian Krah casts his vote for the European Parliament and local elections at a polling station in Dresden, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
![Lewis Joly People queue to vote for the European Parliament elections, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/96a48756e8104552954b9208afe6ef50/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People queue to vote for the European Parliament elections, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
![Oscar Olsson Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson casts her vote, during the European Parliament elections, at Skuru sports hall in Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (Oscar Olsson /TT News Agency via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0bc4842ab1ac438cb2d8e09f825c128c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson casts her vote, during the European Parliament elections, at Skuru sports hall in Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (Oscar Olsson /TT News Agency via AP)
![Michael Probst A woman casts her ballot for the European elections in a polling station in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5e227185cc8b43c58eba189b5ddf8c8d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman casts her ballot for the European elections in a polling station in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
![Jonathan Brady/ Count staff sort ballots at Nemo Rangers GAA club for the local and European Parliament elections, in Cork, Ireland, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/32cd719ba44246859a211297f3a2c7bd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Count staff sort ballots at Nemo Rangers GAA club for the local and European Parliament elections, in Cork, Ireland, Sunday June 9, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
![Lewis Joly Supporters of French far-right National Rally react at the party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4e7b8283f40340f7ac6f62eb45cb10b9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Supporters of French far-right National Rally react at the party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
![Sergei Grits Ambulance workers fill their ballots during the European Parliament election in Tallinn, Estonia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2894baac8dec42b29352c1b54eca34e8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ambulance workers fill their ballots during the European Parliament election in Tallinn, Estonia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
![Aurelien Morissard French far-right leader Marine Le Pen casts her ballot to vote for the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1bd463f4afa446689fa1f93d32012fd5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen casts her ballot to vote for the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
![Lewis Joly French far-right National Rally lead candidate Jordan Bardella delivers a speech at the party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/09c4a80a54574b60a830c6615a99ab90/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French far-right National Rally lead candidate Jordan Bardella delivers a speech at the party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
![Henning Bagger A woman prepares to cast her ballot for the European Parliament election, at the Aalborg Congress and Culture Center, in Aalborg, Denmark, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (Henning Bagger /Ritzau Scanpix via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ed3154942a164ffa94df6cea3b86bf5d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman prepares to cast her ballot for the European Parliament election, at the Aalborg Congress and Culture Center, in Aalborg, Denmark, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union’s parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world’s biggest trading bloc. (Henning Bagger /Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
![Luca Bruno Women talk before entering a polling station in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/35d3e17bbb204619ad22a7486b9849f8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Women talk before entering a polling station in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
![Lewis Joly A man shows his voting card in a voting station during the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4c1f78d99503460c83de37be9e74fa19/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man shows his voting card in a voting station during the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. Polling stations opened across Europe on Sunday as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)