LKS 20181108 The President of the European Council Donald Tusk speaks at the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday, November 8, 2018. EPP, the largest political family in the European Union (EU), are to elect their lead candidate, the 'spitzenkandidat' for the 2019 European elections, at the congress on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER