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Chega supporters and party members react to first exit polls which shows a surge in support for the far-right party and predicts victory for the centre-right party, PSD. IMAGES
Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to Rutte, casts her ballot. Yesilgoz is hoping to cap a meteoric career by clinching the top job. Born in Turkey, the charismatic 46-year-old has taken a hard line on immigration, pledging to drive down refugee numbers -- a paradox to many as she arrived as a young girl following her asylum-seeking father. IMAGES
Anti-Islam firebrand and leader of Far-right party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders speaks to journalists as he casts his ballot. Dutch voters head to the polls for a nail-biting election that will transform the country's political landscape after Prime Minister Mark Rutte's record 13 years in power. IMAGES
Images of Poland's liberal Civic Coalition's gathering in Warsaw as the opposition party is tipped to win the country's parliamentary elections, winning over the ruling populists and the far-right. The party is led by former EU chief Donald Tusk and two smaller opposition parties. They are expected to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES
Leaders of Germany's SPD (Social Democrats), FDP (Free Democrats) and die Grüne parties (the Greens) sign a coalition deal that places Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor of Germany, bringing the curtain down on Angela Merkel's 16-year reign and ushering in a new political era with the centre-left in charge. IMAGES of the coalition being signed by all parties
Leaders of the three parties that will form Germany's next government, the Social Democrats, Greens and liberal FDP party pose for a family photo. IMAGES
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