This news item shows Manfred WEBER, Group Leader of the European People's Party (EPP), casting his vote in his constituency in Wildenberg (Germany). A total of 720 MEPs will be elected (96 of them are elected in Germany) during the European Elections which are held on 6-9 of June 2024 The European Parliament is the world’s only directly elected transnational assembly. The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent the interests of EU citizens at the European level with representatives of the governments of EU countries, MEPs shape and decide on new laws that influence all aspects of lives across the European Union, from supporting the economy and the fight against poverty to climate change and security.

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European Elections 2024 - Manfred WEBER, EPP Group Leader voting in Wildenberg (Germany): arrival, voting moment and statement

Views of the city of Wildenberg, Germany (4 shots)

Views of the polling station in Wildenberg, Germany (3 shots)

Arrival of Manfred WEBER at the polling station in Wildenberg, Germany (1 shot)

Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), voting and casting the ballot into the box (3 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group Leader, Hundreds of millions of Europeans are now going to the ballot boxes, and they are deciding about the future of Europe. It's a great moment of European democracy, and that's why we are celebrating this. And as candidates we are now in a situation where we are waiting for the decision of the voters. It's clear that Europe needs a pro-European direction: we have to work together, we have to find common solutions. And that's why I hope that will refuse he idea of cooperation at European level will not get a strong mandate. We need the pro-European path for the future.

SOUNDBITE (English), Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group Leader, People in democracy decide about the direction. And for us as MEP, the key question is competitiveness so economic growth. And the second is about peace, keeping peace, at least inside of the European Union. There are the two goals that are the two main ideas for the future of this continent, and I hope that people give us a clear mandate that this is then organised, and managed from a centre right perspective.

Cutaways of the interview with a local journalist (5 shots)