European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a news conference following a party leaders meeting at the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party headquarter in Berlin, June 8, 2009. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives remained Germany's strongest party despite registering losses in European polls on Sunday, boosting her bid to retain power in September's federal election. The slogan reads 'the center'. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)