The Netherlands began this Thursday the series of elections to renew the European Parliament and the authorities of the European Union (EU), confronted with the growth of the far right in several of the 27 countries of the bloc. teleSUR
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00:00 In the Netherlands, more than 13 million citizens went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new
00:06 European Parliament.
00:08 In this context, polling stations will remain open until 9 pm local time to allow voting
00:14 for 31 of the 751 members of the European Parliament.
00:19 According to the latest polls, the far-right Party for Freedom, led by Geert Waalders,
00:24 is leading the polls ahead of leftist candidate and former European Commission vice-president
00:29 Frans Timmermans.
00:31 It should be noted that more than 370 million people in the European Union bloc are eligible
00:37 to vote in this parliamentary elections.