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Added on the 10/04/2022 12:45:15 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen makes a final push for votes in Perpignan, the largest city held by her party, the National Rally, three days ahead of an election which polls project as an increasingly tight battle against President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen votes in the first round of parliamentary elections in her north-of-France constituency. IMAGES
Speaker of parliament and presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini votes in the second round of Slovakia's presidential election in the capital Bratislava. Final pre-election polls put Pellegrini, a Ukraine-sceptic backed by the ruling populists, and pro-Western candidate Ivan Korcok neck-and-neck, with Pellegrini gaining 51% of the vote and Korcok 49%. IMAGES
Retired NATO general Petr Pavel votes in the Czech presidential election run-off in which he is expected to beat billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. The victor will replace Milos Zeman, an outspoken and divisive politician who nursed close ties with Moscow before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Former paratrooper Pavel topped final opinion polls with 58-59 percent support, compared with 41-42 percent for Babis. IMAGES
France's Minister of Solidarity Damien Abad, whose campaign has been disrupted by accusations of rape, votes in the second round of the parliamentary elections in Oyonnax, in the Ain, where he is a candidate for deputy. IMAGES