With the slogan 'Three good reasons to vote CDU Freedom Security Prosperity' Germany's Christian Democratic Union party campaigning for votes on an election poster for the European Election, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The European elections will take place form June 6 to June 9. German politics are in a disgruntled, volatile state as the country's voters prepare to fill 96 of the 720 seats at the European Parliament on June 9, the biggest single national contingent in the 27-nation European Union. It's the first nationwide vote since center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz took power in late 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)