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A polling station opens in the centre of Paris and voters start to cast their ballots for EU elections, in which the far-right National Rally is predicted to inflict a heavy defeat on President Emmanuel Macron's centrist grouping. IMAGES
Slovakia on Saturday kicked off the final two days of voting in EU-wide elections, under the shadow of last month's shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico. The May 15 assassination attempt on Slovakia's populist premier rocked his nation of 5.4 million and spread shockwaves across the EU. IMAGES
Voters go to the polls in Ireland on the second day of EU elections. Most of the European Union's 27 nations -- including powerhouses Germany and France -- hold balloting on Sunday, with 370 million people eligible to vote overall. In Ireland, for the first time in a European election migration and the asylum system have emerged as leading issues. IMAGES
Dutch voters kick off a four-day election marathon across the 27 nations of the European Union as polls open. IMAGES
South Africans vote in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. 27 million registered voters called to elect a new parliament, which then chooses a president, for the first time since the advent of democracy in 1994, the African National Congress is at risk of losing its outright majority and could be forced to negotiate a coalition. IMAGES