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Spain's centre-right Ciudadanos party holds a rally in Barcelona. Spain will hold a repeat general election on Sunday, its fourth in four years, in a further sign of chronic political instability since the parliament began fragmenting in December 2015. 39-year-old Albert Rivera's Ciudadanos party entered the national parliament in 2015, pledging to wipe out the traditional left-right divide. IMAGES
The leader of Spain's far-right Vox party Santiago Abascal casts his vote on the last day of European Parliament elections, with right-wing parties expected to make gains. Polls opened on Sunday in 21 EU member countries, with the bloc facing a range of challenges, from the ongoing war in Ukraine to the prospect of having to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency in the US. IMAGES
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, head of Spain's conservative People's Party, votes for the European elections. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with Albert Rivera, the leader of the centrist party Ciudadanos, his minority government's ally in parliament, at Moncloa palace as international pressure grows on the Spanish government to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence referendum was marred by shocking scenes of police violence. IMAGES
Eric Ciotti, president of the Républicains party, who has joined the National Rally (Rassemblement National, Eds.) votes in Nice, where he is a candidate, in the second round of the French legislative elections. IMAGES