Most EU states vote in European Parliament election

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BBC Online :
Voters in most EU countries go to the polls on Sunday in the fourth and final day of European elections.
Since Thursday the UK, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia have held elections for members of the European Parliament.
On Sunday polls are being held in the remaining 21 member states.
No official results have so far been disclosed. They will all be announced on Sunday evening.
The 751 seats are allocated in proportion to each country’s population.
The vote will affect the lives of the EU’s 500 million citizens, and the chamber has much more power than it used to.
It is a co-legislator, with government ministers from the EU’s 28 member-states, in most policy areas.
One of the first tasks of the incoming parliament will be to elect a new president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive body.

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