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Alberto Núñez Feijóo, head of Spain's conservative People's Party, votes for the European elections. IMAGES
People in Spain's capital cast their votes for the European Union Parliament elections. IMAGES
Far-right political figures including France's Marine Le Pen attend the Vox party congress in Madrid. Argentina's President Javier Milei is scheduled to take part at the gathering. Milei began a visit to Spain on Friday, during which he will not meet PM Pedro Sanchez or King Felipe VI. IMAGES
Spanish politician and leader of the Catalan branch of Spain's ruling Socialist party Salvador Illa votes in the Catalonia regional elections, as the party hopes to seize power in the country's wealthy northeastern region of around eight million people. IMAGES
Spain's wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia votes for 135 deputies to the Catalan parliament, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists hope for a victory to show the region has turned away from its independence fixation. IMAGES
In his first speech of the year, UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer says an election is "one thing that we can be sure is coming", adding that he is "ready for it" as the Labour leader outlines his party's election year pitch. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. SOUNDBITE