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Hundreds of people attend the first campaign meeting of Macron's Renaissance party for the European elections, with Valérie Hayer as head of list, backed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. IMAGES
Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
Kardzaki (Bulgaria), Jul 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Vassil Donev) The leader of the Bulgarian Citizens for European Development party, Bokyo Borissov, held a rally in the city of Kardzaki ahead of the parliamentary elections this Sunday, July 11. FOOTAGE OF THE RALLY IN KARDZAKI, BULGARIA
Managua, May 2 (EFE) .- Five men and a woman were presented Sunday as the candidates for the Presidency of Nicaragua by the National Coalition, one of the opposition factions, ahead of the Nov. 7 elections.The presidential candidates are Dr. María Eugenia Alonzo, ex-guerrilla member Luis Fley, Afro-descendant activist George Henríquez Cayasso, peasant leader Medardo Mairena, academic and former secretary of the Ministry of Defense (2004-2007) Félix Maradiaga, and businessman and journalist Miguel Mora.(Camera: RENEE LUCÍA RAMOS)SHOT LIST: THE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL COALITION OF NICARAGUA IN MANAGUA.
Marine Le Pen disparages Emmanuel Macron in a speech in Paris as she launches her party's campaign for the European Parliament elections. The leader of France's National Rally party says Macron is "disturbing in his attitudes, worrying in his behaviour, incompetent in his functions". SOUNDBITE