Christian Democratic Party (CDU) top candidate for the regional election in the German federal state of the city Bremen, Carsten Meyer-Heder (3-L) receives flowers from party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2-L), next to Secretary General Paul Ziemiak (L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Minister of Food and Agriculture and deputy leader Julia Kloeckner (2-R) and Premier of Hesse and deputy leader Volker Bouffier (R) during the beginning of a CDU board meeting following the European Parliament election and the regional election for the German federal state of Bremen in Berlin, Germany, 27 May 2019. The European Parliament election was held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. The German Christian Democrats suffered from losses.
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