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400 million casting ballots at EU election

They will represent them at EU level for the next five years

26 May, 15:00
(ANSA-AP) - BRUSSELS - European voters are choosing lawmakers to represent them at the European Parliament for the next five years. In all, 400 million voters in 28 nations have had the right to vote over the past four days. Europe's voting marathon kicked off Thursday in the Netherlands and in Britain. Voters in Ireland turned out on Friday, and those in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia on Saturday. On Sunday, the remaining 21 EU nations are casting their ballots. Voters in each EU nation choose some of the 751 lawmakers in the European Parliament, which sits in both Brussels and Strasbourg, France. Seats in the European Parliament are doled out proportionally based on a nation's population. Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta have the fewest seats with six each, while the EU's most populous member, Germany, has 96 seats. The results from every nation will be released on Sunday after the last polling station in the continent is closed. (ANSA-AP).

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