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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
More than 400 million European voters will choose a new five-year EU parliament between June 6 and 9 next year, announces the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola. "Every person, in every member state, will go to vote" she says, "your vote matters". Elections in the EU's 27 member states will decide the make-up of the roughly 700-seat assembly, charged with overseeing European legislation. SOUNDBITE
Shouts of joy erupt at Marine Le Pen's election party in Paris, following the preliminary result of the first round of the president election, which sees her qualify for the second round against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
After two years without a political party, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro joins the Liberal Party ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, that will take place next year. IMAGES
The vice-president of Marine Le Pen's party Rassemblement National, Jordan Bardella, votes in Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris in the first round of the regional and departmental elections. The far-right party is expected to make gains and step further into the political mainstream. IMAGES
Polls close in Cape Verde's parliamentary elections. Neither of the two traditional major parties is predicted to emerge the outright winner, giving four smaller parties a chance to have their say over the group of islands off the west coast of Africa. IMAGES