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Elections workers empty a bin to count postal ballots for the European Union elections in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday. Michael Probst/AP hide caption
Anthony Lee stands in front of his barn on his family farm in the German state of Lower Saxony. Lee has been an outspoken critic of the European Union’s climate change policies and has been a leader in the farmer protest movement in Europe. He’s running for EU Parliament for the right-wing Free Voter party and his YouTube channel has over 24 million views. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
European farmers angry at climate policies could help sway EU parliamentary elections
President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, center, speaks Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Jean-Francois Badias/AP hide caption
A volunteer distributes drinking water next to a bus stand on a hot summer day in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Mahesh Kumar A./AP hide caption
Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar arrives to attend a European Union summit on Feb. 1 in Brussels, Belgium. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images hide caption
An Italian Air Force fighter jet flies during a NATO exercise in Poland. Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) hide caption
Chega leader André Ventura reacts as he arrives at Marriot Hotel, CHEGA's electoral night headquarters, in Lisbon on March 10, 2024. ANDRE DIAS NOBRE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos, left, greets Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as he arrives for an election campaign rally in Lisbon, March 5, 2024. Armando Franca/AP hide caption
People take a selfie with rainbow Pride flags before the start of the Equality Parade in Warsaw, Poland, in June 2023. The Equality Parade was celebrated under the slogan "We predict equality and beauty!" Volha Shukaila/SOPA Images/Sipa USA hide caption
After years of legal discrimination, Poland's same-sex couples await civil union law
Donald Tusk (center), then in the opposition, marches with Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski (left) and former President Lech Walesa (right) in a protest last year organized by Civil Platform, the coalition of political parties now running Poland's government. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Poland's judiciary was a tool of its government. New leaders are trying to undo that
Supporters of the outgoing Law and Justice party protest outside the headquarters of Poland's state-owned TVP broadcaster after the new government took control last December. Czarek Sokolowski/AP hide caption
Farmers make barricades after blocking a highway during a protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Emilio Morenatti/AP hide caption
From left, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and European Council President Charles Michel arrive to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday. "Ukraine is our priority and this agreement will give the credibility, legitimacy and the predictability that is expected from us," Metsola said. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption
A worker at Munk Group in Günzburg, Germany, punches holes into a part that will be used to construct a ladder. After years of using Chinese suppliers, Munk Group recently decided to cut off all business with China. Germany's government has cautioned all German businesses to be careful about not depending too heavily on China, a strategy known as "de-risking." Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
German government wants companies to 'de-risk' from China, but business is reluctant
Ukrainian truck drivers stand near a long line of trucks as they wait for days at the Dorohusk border in Poland. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Jacques Delors of France, president of the European Commission, meets Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for talks at 10 Downing Street, London, on Nov. 26, 1986. Delors has died in Paris at age 98. Bob Dear/AP hide caption
A Federal Police officer speaks into his radio as he and a colleague track down a group of migrants who illegally crossed the border from Poland into Germany, southeast of Berlin, Oct. 11. On Wednesday, European Union leaders hailed a major breakthrough in talks on new rules to control migration. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
European Council President Charles Michel, front right, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, front second right, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, second row center, as they pose with other European Union leaders for a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom, celebrates in his party office after his party's victory in Wednesday's general election, on Nov. 23, 2023 in The Hague, Netherlands. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
The Israeli flag will be projected onto the Brandenburg Gate on the sidelines of the Festival of Lights as a show of solidarity. Fabian Sommer/dpa/picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption
In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
"The freedom and democracy that my generation fought for can also be yours if you fight, too," Donald Tusk, candidate for Poland's Civic Coalition, tells university students at a campaign event ahead of the Oct. 15 election. "Without your vigilance, democracy will not survive. And this is not just about Poland." Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption