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The European Parliament election is here! Voters will go to the polls from Thursday to Sunday in all 27 EU member states and choose 720 members of the European Parliament. And then things get really interesting, thanks to the race for the bloc’s top jobs.
To get you up to speed, we have an EU Election hub, packed with polling, explainers, news, and on-the-ground features.
Scroll down for the latest updates, news and analysis.
What you need to know.
- Europe is heading toward its Donald Trump moment. If the polls are correct, this election will reorder the Continent’s political landscape.
- Meet the likely next crop of MEPs. We’ve drawn up a list of the people we think may (with various levels of likelihood and lots of caveats) be elected to the next European Parliament.
- The European Commission’s top jobs will all soon be up for grabs again after the election. Who’s in the frame?
- The EU is complicated, so we broke it down for our cousins across the Atlantic.