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17.22 CEST
Closing summary
We’re
pausing our live coverage of the European elections for the day, here’s a
round-up of the day’s main developments:
- Italy became the first heavyweight nation to cast votes for the EU’s next parliament, in a test of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni’s strength at home - and future influence in the bloc.
- Thousands gathered in Budapest’s iconic Heroes’ Square, for a rally organised by opposition figure Péter Magyar – a former government insider who has turned against Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
- False claims are circulating on Saturday that Germany that voting is a crime. The reports, on Telegram and Facebook are basing their claim on a Germany Federal Constitutional Court from 2012 in relation to seat allocations for Bundestag elections.
- Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister who was shot and seriously injured in May, cast his vote at a hospital in Bratislava, as his country joined the list of nations voting.
- Voting also got under way in Czech Republic, Latvia and Malta.
- European leaders spoke out after Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, was hit by a man on Friday evening. France’s Emmanuel Macron called the attack “unacceptable.” Estonia’s Kaja Kallas said she was “deeply shocked.”
- Portugal’s far-right party Chega is facing accusations that it manipulated a video showing a migrant worker confronting its leader Andre Ventura, who went on to accuse him of fabricating his story to discredit the party ahead of the EU election
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