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Far-right candidate Geert Wilders casts his vote in the Dutch elections in a primary school in The Hague, mobbed by television cameras, just after final opinion polls showed he was slipping behind the Liberal VVD party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. IMAGES
French Green party leader and Left-wing coalition substitute candidate (NFP-EELV) Marine Tondelier votes in Henin-Beaumont in the first round of the French general elections. IMAGES
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, head of the Freedom Party (PVV), votes in The Hague on the first of a four-day election marathon across the 27 nations of the European Union -- providing an early litmus test of how far right the next EU parliament might shift. IMAGES
The anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders cuts into a cake to celebrate the results of the Netherlands' general election, where his far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) gained 37 seats and became the largest party in parliament. Wilders, 60, now has the daunting task of trying to form a working coalition, courting rivals that categorically ruled out serving in a PVV-led government before the vote. The unexpected landslide win prompted immediate congratulations from fellow far-right leaders in France and Hungary but will likely raise fears in Brussels -- Wilders is anti-EU and wants a vote on a "Nexit" to leave the bloc. IMAGES
Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to Rutte, casts her ballot. Yesilgoz is hoping to cap a meteoric career by clinching the top job. Born in Turkey, the charismatic 46-year-old has taken a hard line on immigration, pledging to drive down refugee numbers -- a paradox to many as she arrived as a young girl following her asylum-seeking father. IMAGES
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