09 June 2024, Berlin: Alice Weidel (l-r), parliamentary group leader and party chairman of the AfD, Lars Klingbeil, federal chairman of the SPD, Sahra Wagenknecht, party chairman of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), Omid Nouripour, federal chairman of BŁndnis 90/Die GrŁnen, Friedrich Merz, Federal Chairman of the CDU and Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, and Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance and Chairman of the FDP party, take part in the elephant round of party leaders in the RTL/NTV studio after the European elections. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa