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Jun 30

French voters flock to polls in high-stakes snap elections as support for the far right grows

By Barbara Surk, Helena Alves, Associated Press

Turnout stood at an unusually high 59 percent with three hours to go before polls close. The two-round elections that wrap up July 7 could impact European financial markets, Western support for Ukraine and the management of France’s nuclear arsenal and global military…

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Jun 27

Mongolians cast votes to elect expanded 126-seat parliament

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states.

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Jun 12

France’s Macron defends snap election decision, urges voters to defeat far-right at the polls

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to call snap parliamentary elections after his party’s crushing defeat in the European parliamentary vote, insisting on Wednesday that voters will ultimately choose the “progressive bloc" over the far-right.

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Jun 09

Macron dissolves France’s National Assembly, calls snap election after defeat in EU vote

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the…

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Jun 09

EU election updates: Far-right gains deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

By Associated Press

An initial projection provided by the European Union indicates far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting wrapped up Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year term.

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Jun 09

Voters in 20 EU countries cast ballots on final day of European Parliament election

By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert, Associated Press

Tens of millions across the European Union voted Sunday in EU parliamentary elections in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future.

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Jun 08

Italy’s hard-right leader tells EU center parties their time is up as she votes in European election

By Giada Zampano, Karel Janicek, Raf Casert, Associated Press

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined voters in Italy and a half dozen European Union nations in casting a ballot during the penultimate day of European Union parliamentary elections on Saturday. The bloc’s premier hard-right politician threw down the gauntlet to…

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Jan 07

Bangladeshi prime minister wins 4th consecutive term after campaign marred by violence

By Krutika Pathi, Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh's parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, giving her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term.

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Jun 11

Montenegro voters focus on economy, living standards in snap parliamentary election

By Predrag Milic, Associated Press

A recently formed centrist group that advocates Montenegro joining the European Union was projected to win the small Balkan country's early parliamentary election Sunday, but without enough support to form a government on its own, according to independent vote monitors.

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Mar 05

Estonian prime minister’s Reform Party gains big victory in parliamentary election

By Jari Tanner, Associated Press

Voters in Estonia elected a new parliament Sunday with initial results suggesting the center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, had won overwhelmingly with nearly all votes counted.

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