TOPSHOT - The top candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber of Germany is congratulated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the result of the EPP lead candidate voting at the session of the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki, Finland, on November 8, 2018. - Delegates from Europe's EPP group of centre-right, conservative and Christian Democrat parties have chosen German MEP Manfred Weber to lead them into the May 2019 European election. (Photo by Markku Ulander / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT