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With one week to go to the European Parliament elections, Jordan Bardella, head of France's far-right National Rally (RN) list, holds his final gathering in Paris, attended by around 5,000 supporters. IMAGES
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a final rally ahead of Sunday's general elections. The long-time nationalist faces a united opposition for the first time as he goes head-to-head against conservative politician Peter Marki-Zay. 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
SPD candidate for the German chancellorship Olaf Scholz holds a final rally in Cologne ahead of the country's general election on September 26. The race boils down to a two-way contest between Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, the centrist finance minister, and Armin Laschet from Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats. IMAGES