The Netherlands is the only EU country to start its single-day vote early, but it will be followed by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.
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00:00 Polls have opened in the Netherlands as four days of voting in the EU parliamentary elections
00:06 begins. It`s the only country to start its single day vote so early, but will be followed
00:12 by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.
00:18 Four hundred million citizens will be casting their votes in the elections, which are expected
00:23 to deliver significant gains for the hard right.
00:27 In the Netherlands, voting comes six months after the far right party for freedom became
00:31 the largest in the Dutch national parliament. Polling suggests it will build on that popularity.
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