![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Lead candidate for the European Commission, current European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen poses during an event at the European People's Party headquarters in Brussels, 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/ce2218cdef4140d7b5a95fda35ee9563/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Lead candidate for the European Commission, current European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen poses during an event at the European People's Party headquarters in Brussels, 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)
![Denes Erdos Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media after receiving the results of the European Parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, early Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ca40cc78aa43435b964b7f1fe07d2da3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media after receiving the results of the European Parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, early Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Roberto Monaldo Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks about the results of the European Parliamentary elections at a press conference at the Fratelli d'Italia party electoral committee in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2024. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fff46e02daf34ded9984249269c45964/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks about the results of the European Parliamentary elections at a press conference at the Fratelli d'Italia party electoral committee in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2024. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse 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)
![Vadim Ghirda Supporters of the right wing party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) wave flags standing above a large poster depicting medieval Romanian rulers, outside the party headquarters, before the announcement of exit polls in European elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4bc48d842f464a2fb11fc51525698614/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Supporters of the right wing party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) wave flags standing above a large poster depicting medieval Romanian rulers, outside the party headquarters, before the announcement of exit polls in European elections in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
![Michael Probst A damaged election poster shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ca51fb8559d2486bb70fa24d027b0ec0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A damaged election poster shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
![Lewis Joly French President Emmanuel Macron appears on television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. French President Emanuel Macron dissolves National Assembly and calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b146e782a5554a309e8768701b6b2aea/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron appears on television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. French President Emanuel Macron dissolves National Assembly and calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
![Roberto Monaldo Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks about the results of the European Parliamentary elections at a press conference at the Fratelli d'Italia party electoral committee in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2024. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0c227edd22334026a550707d9eaf1630/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks about the results of the European Parliamentary elections at a press conference at the Fratelli d'Italia party electoral committee in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2024. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)