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Zagreb (Croatia), 5 July (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Antonio Bat).- Around 3.8 million Croatians were called to vote on Sunday in parliamentary elections as the country battled its highest rate of Covid-19 infections.They will elect 151 MPs in a tight political contest between the governing conservatives and progressive opposition. FOOTAGE OF VOTERS AT A POLLING STATION IN ZAGREB WHERE THE LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRAOATA (SDP), DAVOR BERNARDIC, ALSO VOTED.
The first voters cast their ballots at the opening of polling stations in Croatia where parliamentary elections are taking place. The new government will have to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus at a time when a resurgence of contamination is putting the outgoing conservatives under pressure. The ruling conservative HDZ party is set for a close race with the main centre-left opposition IMAGES
South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. IMAGES
Images of Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, gathering in Warsaw as they are expected to loose the majority in the country's parliamentary elections. The opposition party Civic Coalition (liberal), along with the Third Way and Left parties are tipped to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. 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
Opposition leader and former EU chief Donald Tusk votes in Poland's parliamentary elections. "We are voting today again for our fundamental rights and for our fundamental values. This is why Poles feel about what is at stake," he says as he leaves the polling station. Opinion polls indicate the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will get the most votes but may struggle to build a governing coalition, giving a chance to the opposition. IMAGES