01 June 2023, Moldova, Bulboaca: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (M, SPD) stands with Steffen Hebestreit, spokesman for the German government, and Jörg Kukies (r), State Secretary in the German Chancellery, on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Moldova. The EPG was founded last year on French initiative. Its purpose is to bring European and Near Eastern states that are not members of the European Union closer to the EU. It has 47 members, including the accession candidates Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey, the candidate country Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa