This news item shows Walter BAIER, Lead Candidate for the European Left, going to vote in Vienna, Austria. BAIER also gives a statement at the polling station. 720 Members of the European Parliament are elected by the EU citizens in the European elections between 6th to 9th of June 2024. Ahead of the elections, the European Parliament confirmed the importance of applying the lead candidate mechanism (the “Spitzenkandidaten” process), in which European political parties designate their respective candidates for the post of EU Commission President. The aim is to allow citizens to influence directly, through their vote in the European elections, the choice of the head of the European executive. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

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European Elections 2024 - Walter BAIER, Lead Candidate for the European Left voting in Vienna (Austria)

Walter BAIER, Lead Candidate for the European Left, walking to the polling station, Vienna, Austria (3 shots)

Walter BAIER, Lead Candidate for the European Left, looking at the list of candidates and walking to the voting room, Vienna, Austria (2 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Walter BAIER, Lead Candidate for the European Left, The voting is important. From the outcome, it will depend, if the European Union continues to commit to the ecological transformation, to the decarbonisation of our industries, or whether this transition will happen in a socially just way. And finally, it is about war and peace in Europe. We as a European Left want a European Union, which is a factor of peace in Ukraine and also in the Middle East.   <p></p>